Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 206c
RIC IV Caracalla 206c. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows hercules, naked except for lion-skin draped over left arm, standing left, holding branch in right hand and club in left han…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 315A
RIC IV Caracalla 315A. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows caracalla, in military attire, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and spear in lef…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 524A
RIC IV Caracalla 524A. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows mars, helmeted, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on…
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KENOM (Kooperative Erschließung und Nutzung der Objektdaten von Münzsammlungen)
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 251
RIC IV Caracalla 251. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows asclepius, nude to waist, standing left, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to right, on ground, globe, with the legend P M TR P…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 253
RIC IV Caracalla 253. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows asclepius, nude to waist, standing front, head left, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to right, Telesphorus; to right, globe,…
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 260B
RIC IV Caracalla 260B. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows jupiter, nude to waist, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand;…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 261D
RIC IV Caracalla 261D. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows pluto, wearing polos on head, seated left, extending right hand and holding sceptre in left hand; to…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 263D
RIC IV Caracalla 263D. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows serapis, wearing polos on head, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 549A
RIC IV Caracalla 549A. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows asclepius, nude to waist, standing front, head left, holding serpent-wreathed wand; on ground, right, gl…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 275A (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 275A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows jupiter, naked, standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand, with the…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
ancient coins
Denarius from the Roman Empire of Diadumenian, 218
217 - 218
Reverse: the emperor standing with his head facing right, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a standard in his left, to the right of him two more standards. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0071B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); m…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 289F
RIC IV Caracalla 289F. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. The reverse shows serapis, wearing polos on head, standing left, holding corn-ears in wreath (?) in right hand and scep…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 101
AD 217–AD 218
Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Diadumenian, AD 217–AD 218, catalogued as RIC IV Macrinus 101. Obverse: Bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Diadumenian, standing front, head right, holding standard in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, two standards surmounted by eagl…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC IV Macrinus 102b
AD 217–AD 218
Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Diadumenian, AD 217–AD 218, catalogued as RIC IV Macrinus 102b. Obverse: Bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Diadumenian, standing front, head right, holding standard in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, two standards surmounted by…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 107Aa
RIC IV Macrinus 107Aa. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Diadumenian. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, right, with the legend M OPEL DIADVMENIANVS CAES. The reverse shows diadumenian, standing left, holding baton in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, two standards,…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 116b
RIC IV Macrinus 116b. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Diadumenian. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES. The reverse shows spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising her skirt with left hand,…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 119b
AD 217
Sestertius in bronze struck at Rome under Macrinus, AD 217, catalogued as RIC IV Macrinus 119b. Obverse: Bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Jupiter, nude except for cloak over left arm, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand. Obverse legend: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 121
RIC IV Macrinus 121. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 125
RIC IV Macrinus 125. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and…
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Münzkabinett Wien, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC IV Macrinus 129
RIC IV Macrinus 129. Denomination: As. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows fides, standing left, holding standard in each hand; a standard on each side, with the legend VOTA PVBL P…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 139
RIC IV Macrinus 139. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with…
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Münzkabinett Wien, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 168
RIC IV Macrinus 168. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with the legend…
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 181
RIC IV Macrinus 181. Denomination: As. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows fides, head right, standing front, holding two standards in hands, right foot on helmet, with the legend FIDES MI…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Macrinus 188
RIC IV Macrinus 188. Denomination: As. Authority: Macrinus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG. The reverse shows jupiter, nude except cloak over left arm, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left ha…
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