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Aureus - Caracalla CONSECRATIO

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 211
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
273289
References RIC IV.1# 191F (aureus)
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.4.crl.191F_aureus
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Series: Consecration

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, bare-headed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVO SEVERO PIO

Unabridged legend: Divo Severo Pio.

Translation: To the divine Severus the pious.

Reverse

Pyre in four tiers, surmounted by quadriga.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONSECRATIO

Translation: Consecration.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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