Roman Imperial coin – HCR114159

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIV[S] AVG

Design:

Bust of Geta, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[PON]TIF TR P II COS II S C

Design:

Caracalla and Geta, in military dress, standing left and right, clasping right hands and holding spears in left hands; one crowned by Liber, standing right, holding thyrsus in left hand, and the other by Hercules, standing left, holding club in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Septimius Severus

Person

Geta, emperor, AD 209 – 211 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 210

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

22.11

Axis

Diameter (mm)

31.2

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

Rom. Imp. AE I 447

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Francis Douce

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 155a

Reference

BMCRE : 219

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ge.155A

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