RIC IV Caracalla 459
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Caracalla 459. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Caracalla; Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right
- Reverse
- Caracalla and Geta, standing right and left, clasping right hands and holding spears in their left hands; one being crowned by Apollo (?), the other by Hercules
- Obverse legend
- M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- CONCORDIAE AVGG S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.crl.459
Research required
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