RIC IV Caracalla 291C

Typological Description

• Date: AD 217
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Antoninianus
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Caracalla

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

• Obverse

  • Legend: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
  • Type: Bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
  • Portrait: Caracalla

• Reverse

  • Legend: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P
  • Type: Serapis, wearing polos on head, seated left, holding corn-ears in right hand (?) and sceptre in left hand
  • Deity: Serapis