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RIC IV Caracalla 273D

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RIC IV Caracalla 273D, Antoninianus, Silver, struck at Rome, 215–215 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws. Weight about 3.5 g, diameter 20.0 mm.
obverse RIC IV Caracalla 273D
obverse: Bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Caracalla 273D
reverse: Lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws
mint Rome weight 3.52g (3)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀20.0 (1)
denomination Antoninianus axis 9↕ (2)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right

ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
reverse

Lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws

P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P
specimens (5)
British Museum 3.14g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.50g ⌀20.0
British Museum 4.92g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Caracalla 273D (ric.4.crl.273D), 215–215 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-273d/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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