Roman Imperial coin – HCR62927

Obverse

Inscription:

IVLIA AVGVSTA

Design:

Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right

Reverse

Inscription:

AETERNIT IMPERI

Design:

Busts of Caracalla, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and of Geta, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, facing one another

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Julia Domna (subject) , Caracalla, emperor, 198 – 217 CE (ruler/authority) , Geta, emperor, 209 – 211 CE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 196 – 211

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.49

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

L. A. Lawrence Collection

Acquisition date

1948

Source

L. A. Lawrence

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1948.

Die link (obverse and reverse)

HCR62928

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 540 var.

Note:

Reverse portrait of Caracalla (left) is cuirassed as well as draped

Reference

BMCRE V : 4

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.540_denarius

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mspencer-brown, mmaliczowski, cgallacher