Aureus - Caracalla PONTIF TR P XI COS III

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 208
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.4 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC IV.1#106 (aureus), OCRE#ric.4.crl.106_aureus
Obverse description Head of Caracalla, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
(Translation: Antoninus Pius, Augustus. Antoninus Pius emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Caracalla, laureate, togate, and Geta, bare-headed, togate, seated side by side on platform, facing front, both looking towards Septimius Severus, standing between them, in priestly garb.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering PONTIF TR P XI COS III
(Translation: Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Consul Tertium. [High] priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, consul for the third time.)
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Mintage ND (208) - -
Numisquare ID 3958990670
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