Roman Imperial coin – HCR63790

Obverse

Inscription:

ANTONINVS PIVS AVG PONT TR P VII

Design:

Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

Reverse

Inscription:

COS LVD SAEC FEC S C

Design:

Legend in four lines on column; to left, Bacchus, naked, standing right, holding cup downwards in right hand and thyrsus in left hand; at his feet, leopard; to right, Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion-skin over left arm

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Caracalla, emperor, AD 198 – 217 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 204

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

11.85

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

19/1/1951

Source

Glendining, Lawrence Sale 1186; Munzhandlung Basel, Prinz von Waldeck Sale 689, March 1935

Source of funds

Evans Fund Capital

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1951.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP); Purchased with eleven others

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 420

Reference

BMCRE : 846

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.420

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mspencer-brown, cgallacher