Aureus Issued by Caracalla
Aureus Issued by Caracalla
- Description:
- Obverse: Bust of Caracalla. Reverse: Libertas Holding a Hat (pileus) and Rod.
- Medium:
- Gold
- Dimensions:
- Diam. 2 cm
- Context:
- Minted in Rome
- Date:
- 213 CE
- Inventory Number:
- Armand-Valton 1147
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The obverse legend, in Latin, reads:
ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG
Translation: Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus
The reverse legend, in Latin, reads:
P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P
Translation: Pontifex Maximus, (holding the) Tribunician Power 16 (times), Consul 4 (times), Father of the Fatherland.
This coin type, an aureus issued by the Roman emperor Caracalla, is cataloged in Online Coins of the Roman Empire as RIC IV Caracalla 209C.