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RIC IV Caracalla 5 (aureus)

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RIC IV Caracalla 5 (aureus), Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 196–196 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower upright in extended right hand and raising skirt with left hand. Weight about 7.3 g, diameter 21.0 mm.
mint Rome weight 7.26g (1)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀21.0 (1)
denomination Aureus axis ↕ (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Caracalla, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right

M AVR ANTONINVS CAES
reverse

Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower upright in extended right hand and raising skirt with left hand

SPEI PERPETVAE
specimens (1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 7.26g ⌀21.0

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RIC IV Caracalla 5 (aureus) (ric.4.crl.5_aureus), 196–196 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-5-aureus/ (accessed: 2026-10-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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