Aureus - Caracalla DI PATRII, Hercules, Bacchus, and Liber

€273,128.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year204
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC IV.1#76, OCRE#ric.4.crl.76
Obverse descriptionHead of Caracalla, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringANTON P AVG PONT TR P VII
(Translation: Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate Septima. Antoninus Pius emperor (Augustus), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power for the seventh time.)
Reverse descriptionBacchus (Liber), wreathed, naked, on left, standing right, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther, and holding thyrsus in left hand, and Hercules, naked, on right, standing left, holding club set on ground in right hand and lion-skin over left arm.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringDI PATRII
(Translation: Dii Patrii. The ancestral gods.)
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MintageND (204)  - -
Catalog ID2878490780
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