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RIC IV Caracalla 249

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RIC IV Caracalla 249, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 214–214 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: caracalla, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar in front of the round temple of vesta; to right, two men, one with peaked cap, and child; to left, three vestals and child. Weight about 7.2 g.
obverse RIC IV Caracalla 249
obverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Caracalla 249
reverse: Caracalla, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar in front of the round temple of Vesta; to right, two men, one with peaked cap, and child; to left, three Vestals and child
mint Rome weight 7.25g (2)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Aureus axis 9↕ (2)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
reverse

Caracalla, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar in front of the round temple of Vesta; to right, two men, one with peaked cap, and child; to left, three Vestals and child

P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P
specimens (4)
British Museum 7.51g 11↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 6.98g 7↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Caracalla 249 (ric.4.crl.249), 214–214 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-249/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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