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

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	204
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 273128
References	RIC IV.1# 76 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.76 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 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

Bacchus (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.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DI PATRII

Translation:
Dii Patrii.
The ancestral gods.

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 (204)

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