RIC IV Caracalla 242
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Caracalla 242. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Pluto, wearing polos on head, seated left, extending right hand and holding sceptre in left hand; to left, Cerberus
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII P P
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.crl.242
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