RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73733)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73733)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Amblada
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΠΟΠΛΙ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ
Edition Πόπλιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Πόπλι(ος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας
Translation Publius Septimius Geta
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΒΛΑΔΕΩΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙ
Edition Ἀμβλαδέων Λακεδαιμονίων Ἀμβλαδέων Λακεδαι(μονίων)
Translation of the Lacedaemonian Ambladians
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; to left, panther; to right, small figure of Pan
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Pisidien I, 143
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note vA attributes to Geta as Augustus (although 'vielleicht als Caesar'), presumably because of the laureate bust; but see comment on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/73732
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