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RIC IV Caracalla 500A

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RIC IV Caracalla 500A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 213–213 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: circus, showing obelisk, spina, chariots, etc.. Weight about 25.2 g, diameter 31.3 mm.
obverse RIC IV Caracalla 500A
obverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Caracalla 500A
reverse: Circus, showing obelisk, spina, chariots, etc.
mint Rome weight 25.20g (4)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀31.3 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (2)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
reverse

Circus, showing obelisk, spina, chariots, etc.

P M TR P XVI IMP II COS IIII P P S C
specimens (4)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 21.19g ⌀31.0
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 28.48g ⌀33.0
British Museum 30.37g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Caracalla 500A (ric.4.crl.500A), 213–213 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-500a/ (accessed: 2026-09-18). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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