Aureus - Caracalla, Septimius Severus, and Geta ADVENT AVGG

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	202
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.4 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 273102
References	RIC IV.1# 56 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.crl.56 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Caracalla, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTON P AVG PON TR P V

Unabridged legend: Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate Quinta

Translation: Antoninus Pius emperor (Augustus), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time

Reverse

Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta, all in miliary attire, on horseback, galloping right, each raising right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ADVENT AVGG

Unabridged legend: Adventus Augustorum

Translation: Adventus (Roman welcoming ceremony) of the emperors (Augusti)

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (202)

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