RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73423)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73423)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Dating after AD 211
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [Κ Π ϹΕΠ] ΓΕΤΑϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Π(όπλιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Septimius Geta Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Geta, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.09 g
Axis 12
Reference Arslan, PT no. 38 corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Arslan describes the reverse type as Nemesis. He read the obv. as ΑΥΤ Μ [ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ]ΟϹ ΑΥΓ, but Caracalla is always ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ in their joiint reign. The form of the legend is like that of Geta, and the (rather unclear) photo does look as if it hasΓƐΤΑϹ, as in ΑΥΤ Κ Π ϹƐΠ ΓƐΤΑϹ ΑΥΓ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Istanbul: 691/3 Arslan, PT no. 38