IVLIA DOMNA AVG: Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right
Reverse
VENERI VICTR S C: Venus, naked to waist, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand, resting left elbow on column
M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse
P M TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII P P S C: Mars, helmeted, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield, spear leaning against left arm; at feet, left, captive seated
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII: Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, cuirassed, right
Reverse
P M TR P IIII COS II P P S C: Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak over shoulders and chest, holding spear in right hand and resting left hand on oval shield; at feet, left, cuirass
IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG: Bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right
Reverse
PONTIF TR P II COS II S C: Caracalla and Geta, veiled, togate, standing right and left facing each other, sacrificing out of paterae in right hands over tripod and holding batons in left hands; behind, flute player facing and victim
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG: Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse
MARS VICTOR S C: Mars, helmeted, naked except for flowing cloak, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand
AYT K Λ CЄΠ CЄYH [ЄYC]Є ΠЄPT CЄB APA A∆I: Laureate head of Septimius Severus right
Reverse
Θ (date) above, [L] in exergue: Julia Domna standing facing, head left, holding wreath with her right hand and scepter with her left; to left, Geta standing facing, head right, holding globe in his extended right hand and scepter with his left; to right, Caracalla standing facing, head left, holding his mother’s scepter with his right hand and crowning Nike (mostly off the flan) in his left.
Diameter (in mm)
24.0
Weight (in gr.)
12.8
Reference
Dattari (Savio) 3985 bis (this coin – not numbered on pl 215), Emmett 2665 9 (R5 – this coin cited), Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 194 (this coin)