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RIC IV Caracalla 548A

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RIC IV Caracalla 548A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 215–215 AD. Obverse: bust of caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws. Weight about 25.9 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
obverse RIC IV Caracalla 548A
obverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Caracalla 548A
reverse: Lion, radiate, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws
mint Rome weight 25.89g (3)
ruler Caracalla diameter ⌀32.0 (1)
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 GERM
reverse

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

P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P S C
specimens (5)
British Museum 27.11g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 24.90g ⌀32.0
British Museum 25.65g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Caracalla 548A (ric.4.crl.548A), 215–215 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-caracalla-548a/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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