Sestertius of Caracalla

Coin

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Sestertius of Caracalla

Entry/Object ID

E.2025.1

Description

Bronze Sestertius of Caracalla M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / VICT BRIT PM TR P XIIII COS III PP SC. The reverse shows a winged Roman goddess Victory, draped, her foot on a helmet, erecting a trophy and facing a towered woman with a captive at her feet. RIC IV-483c; Cohen 641

Use

Standard circulation coin

Context

Issued to celebrate the Several campaign in Caledonia that devastated the local population.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Accession

E.2025.1

Source or Donor

The Coin Cabinet

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Mintage

Date made

211

Time Period

3rd century

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right

Transcription

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus

Translation

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the pious, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons.

Reverse

Description

VICT BRIT PM TR P XIIII COS III PP SC, Victory, winged, draped, standing right, resting left foot on helmet, erecting trophy; on right, woman, towered, standing front and captive seated left with hands tied behind back.

Transcription

Victoria Britannis. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta Decima, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.

Translation

Victory over the Britons. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 14th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Edge

Edge Type

Plain/Smooth

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

coins (money), sestertii

Dimensions

Diameter

34 mm

Weight

24.7 g

Composition

Material

Bronze

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Bronze sestertius of Caracalla (AD 211), shows a winged Roman goddess Victory, her foot on a helmet, erecting a trophy and facing a towered woman with a captive at her feet. Issued to celebrate the Several campaign in Caledonia that devastated the local population. An intaglio of Caracalla was found at Trimontium and can be seen on display here.