RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66790)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66790)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Issue Severus year 13
Dating AD 205
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤ ΙΓ, ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟϹ Ο ΚΟϹΜΟϹ ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους ιγʹ Σεουῆρου βασιλεύοντος ὁ κόσμος εὐτυχεῖ Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτ(ους) ιγʹ Σεουῆρου βασιλεύοντος ὁ κόσμος εὐτυχεῖ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, year 13, during the reign of Severus, the world is fortunate
Reverse design Mount Argaeus on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.25 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S —; Ganschow 630corr
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/88047. A similar acclamation appears on some rare coins of Commodus, year 13 (Ganschow 319-320 = RPC IV, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40582 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/40598). See also the coins of Caracalla https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66745.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Henseler 974
— —     Henseler 974A, ex Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10–11 June 2023, lot 591 (Sev. Alexander Caesar)
— —     ✸ Solidus EA 9, 8 Oct. 2016, lot 361