Roman Imperial coin – HCR114169

Obverse

Inscription:

P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT

Design:

Head of Geta, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

TR P III COS II P P S C

Design:

Italia, seated left, holding vertical sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; on ground, left, figure seated left; on ground right, in front of chair, river-god reclining right, right hand on urn and holding reeds in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Severan

Reign

Caracalla

Person

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

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 211

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

23.48

Axis

Diameter (mm)

32.6

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

Rom. Imp. AE I 449

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Francis Douce

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

Reference

RIC IV.1 : 171a

Reference

BMCRE V : 45

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ge.171A

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