RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73949)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73949)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Pednelissus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑ (retrograde)
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Σε(πτίμιος) Γέτας Κα(ῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design bare (?) head of Geta, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΔΝΗΛΙϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Πεδνηλισσέων
Translation of the Pednelissans
Reverse design Mên (?) standing facing, head left, holding pine cone and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 2.32 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Pisid. I, 1221 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note vA read the legend as referring to Geta as Augustus, and thought the portrait was laureate. But the legend seems to be a retrograde version of the legend known for him as Caesar, and the bust does not seem to be laureate. Confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 32212 vA Pisid. 1221