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RIC IV Caracalla 270B

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RIC IV Caracalla 270B, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 215–215 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, laureate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: caracalla, in military attire, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar, in front of a temple with four columns, in which stands asclepius, holding serpent-wreathed staff; beside caracalla, togate figure, standing left, and child holding wand. Weight about g.
mint Rome weight g (0)
ruler Caracalla diameter (0)
denomination Aureus axis (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
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obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, cuirassed, right

ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
reverse

Caracalla, in military attire, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar, in front of a temple with four columns, in which stands Asclepius, holding serpent-wreathed staff; beside Caracalla, togate figure, standing left, and child holding wand

P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P

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RIC IV Caracalla 270B (ric.4.crl.270B), 215–215 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-270b/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA