RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 71990)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 71990)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Issue Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla (Augustus) and Geta (Caesar)
Dating AD 199/209
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta
Obverse design bare head of Geta, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀγκύρας Ἀγκύρας
Translation of Ancyra
Reverse design nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing, right, crossing legs, resting on inverted torch which he is extinguishing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.06 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The bare (rather than laureate) head indicates that the coin belongs to the period when Geta was Caesar rather than Augustus. EXactly the same reverse design occurs on earlier coins of Aphrodisias: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/38574
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1078 (part) = Malloy XXXIII, 1992, lot 317
— —     F. Jarman coll.
— —     ✸ priv Coll H.I., ex Bucephalus Numismatic 18, 21–22 Apr. 2023, lot 345