RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1245)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1245)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Magistrate Publius Iulius Leonteus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΛΟΥ ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙΟϹ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λού(κιος) Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΠΟ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΛΕΟΝΤΕΩϹ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πο(πλίου) Ἰουλί(ου) Λεοντέως Μυτιληναίων
Translation under the strategos Publius Iulius Leonteus, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla, in military dress, standing right, facing Geta, in military dress, standing left, holding sceptre; on the left, Nike standing right, crowning Caracalla; on the right, the Tyche of Mytilene seated left, crowning Geta, holding Dionysiac term
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 27.92 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 216
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 216