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Aureus with bust of Caracalla, struck under Septimius Severus
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 196
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.255 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number67.1013
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Caracalla, draped, right.
MAVRANTO NINVSCAES
Reverse: Spes walking to left, skirt in left hand, flower in right.
SPEIP E RPETVAE
MAVRANTO NINVSCAES
Reverse: Spes walking to left, skirt in left hand, flower in right.
SPEIP E RPETVAE
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Hall Park McCullough Collection; by 1967: with Stack's, 123 West 57th Street, New York (Stack's auction of Hall Park McCullough Collection, November 22, 1967, lot 913); purchased on behalf of MFA at Stack's auction by Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG, December 13, 1967