bare-headed and draped bust of Geta, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑ ΕΤ ΙΒ
Edition
μητρόπο(λις) Καισάρεια ἔτ(ους) ιβʹ
Translation
metropolis Caesarea, of year 12
Reverse design
figure seated left, on rocks, holding branch and globe
Metal
silver
Average diameter
18 mm
Average weight
2.59 g
Axis
12
Reference
S —; Ganschow 620corr.
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
Note
Anomalous in several ways, and regarded by Ganschow, p. 162, as probably irregular and plated. But the existence of the second specimen, from the same obv. die, with a Mount Argaeus reverse (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66378) makes it seems more likely to be authentic, if still odd. The rev. die seems to be the same as used on a coin of Caracalla https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/314884.