The Roman Empire – Caracalla Aureus, Rome, AD 204

Septimius Severus' Parthian campaign was concluded in 198 with the capture of the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon. On this occasion Septimius was acclaimed imperator for the eleventh time, and he received the title Parthicus Maximus. This victory was celebrated on the Roman coinage over the next few years, and a triumphal arch built in Rome in commemoration of the event that was dedicated in 203. In the wake of his great success, Septimius elevated Caracalla, who had accompanied him on campaign in the east, to co-augustus.

In 204 when this aureus was struck the Imperial family had recently returned from the province of Africa, where Septimius had dramatically expanded and re-fortified the entire southern frontier of the empire along the...

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