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RIC IV Caracalla 538A

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RIC IV Caracalla 538A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 215–215 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: asclepius, nude to waist, standing front, head left, holding serpent-wreathed wand in right hand; to left, telesphorus; on ground, right, globe. Weight about 25.2 g, diameter 32.6 mm.
obverse RIC IV Caracalla 538A
obverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Caracalla 538A
reverse: Asclepius, nude to waist, standing front, head left, holding serpent-wreathed wand in right hand; to left, Telesphorus; on ground, right, globe
mint Rome weight 25.21g (7)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀32.6 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (5)
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 GERM
reverse

Asclepius, nude to waist, standing front, head left, holding serpent-wreathed wand in right hand; to left, Telesphorus; on ground, right, globe

P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P S C
specimens (6)
British Museum 28.35g 7↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 24.05g ⌀32.5
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 27.28g ⌀34.0
British Museum 19.78g 1↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Caracalla 538A (ric.4.crl.538A), 215–215 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-538a/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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