RIC IV Caracalla 421
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Caracalla 421. Denomination: As. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- As
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Caracalla; Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup in right hand and thyrsus in left hand, and Hercules, standing left, holding club set on ground in right hand and lion-skin on left arm
- Obverse legend
- ANTONINVS PIVS AVG PONT TR P VII
- Reverse legend
- COS LVD SAECVL FEC S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.crl.421
Research required
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