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

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 216
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#283A, OCRE#ric.4.crl.283A
Obverse description Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, 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 Lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undevicesima, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 19th time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.)
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Mintage ND (216) - -
Numisquare ID 4815470470
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