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

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	216
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 273460
References	RIC IV.1# 281D 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.281D Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, cuirassed, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM

Translation:
Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Germanicus.
Antoninus Pius emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans.

Reverse

Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.

Script: Latin

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.

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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