RIC IV Caracalla 270A
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Caracalla 270A. 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
- Caracalla, in military attire, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar, in front of a temple with four columns, in which stands Asclepius, holding serpent-wreathed staff; beside Caracalla, togate figure, standing left, and child holding wand
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.crl.270A
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