Aureus - Caracalla P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 215
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC IV.1#272A, OCRE#ric.4.crl.272A
Obverse description Head of Caracalla, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
(Translation: Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Germanicus. Antoninus Pius emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.)
Reverse description Caracalla, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar in front of the round temple of Vesta; attended by three adults and two children.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava Decima, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 18th time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.)
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Mintage ND (215) - -
Numisquare ID 1240827490
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