Aureus - Caracalla VICT PART MAX; Victory

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# 273130
References	RIC IV.1# 78 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.78 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTON P AVG PON 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

Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICT PART MAX

Translation:
Victoria Parthica Maxima.
Great victory over Parthia.

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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