Æ33 - Caracalla L ΚΓ

Features

Issuer	Alexandria (Egypt)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	214-215
Composition	Bronze
Weight	25.85 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 533771
References	RPC Online V.3# 84137 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.3 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Lycia-Pamphylia to Egypt. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate head of Caracalla, right

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Π Μ ΒΡΕ Μ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Παρθικὸς Μέγιστος Βρεττανικὸς Μέγιστος Εὐσεβὴς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, Parthicus Maximus, Britannicus Maximus, Pius Augustus Germanicus

Reverse

Five deities reclining on a lectisternium; from right to left: Sarapis seated left, holding wreath on Harpocrates seated left before him; before, Isis seated right with headdress, holding sceptre and uraeus; behind her, Demeter seated right with kalathos and torch; far to left, Hermanubis holding caduceus, seated right; beneath the kline, in three niches: on each side, a standing figure with sceptr (?), in the middle, Tyche lies left on lectisternium, holding rudder and propping up head

Lettering: L ΚΓ

Unabridged legend: ἔτους κγʹ

Translation: of year 23

Mint

Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD)

Comments

BMC 1478; Emmett 2852

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (214-215)

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