Denarius - Caracalla SPES PVBLICA; Spes
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 199 |
| Value | 1 Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.3 g |
| Diameter | 18.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 273598 |
| References | RIC IV.1# 341b 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.341bOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P II
Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate Secunda.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus emperor (Augustus), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time.
Reverse
Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower upright in extended right hand and raising skirt with left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SPES PVBLICA
Translation:
Spes Publica.
Hope of the public.
Mint
Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, modern-day Latakia, SyriaComments
Mass varies: 2.887–3.64 g;
Diameter varies: 18–19 mm;
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 18–19 mm;
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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