RIC IV Caracalla 490A
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Caracalla 490A. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Septimius Severus, bare, right
- Reverse
- Eagle soaring aloft, clasping thunderbolt in claws, and carrying Severus heavenward
- Obverse legend
- DIVO SEPTIMIO SEVERO PIO
- Reverse legend
- CONSECRATIO S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.crl.490A
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