Denarius - Caracalla MONETA AVG; Moneta

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 198
Value 1 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.6 g
Diameter 19.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
273589
References RIC IV.1# 337B,
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.337B
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus emperor (Augustus), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power.

Reverse

Moneta, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONETA AVG

Translation:
Moneta Augusti.
The mint of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, modern-day Latakia, Syria

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