RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 74443)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 74443)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Caesar)
Magistrate Lucius Cornelius Vettenianus (strategos and asiarch four times)
Obverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Σεπτί(μιος) Γέτας Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Lucius Septimius Geta Caesar
Obverse design draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡ Δ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κορνηλίου Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχου δʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κορ(νηλίου) Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρ(χου) δʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Cornelius Vettenianus, asiarch for the fourth time, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Kore of Sardis between ear of corn and poppy and Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 27.94 g
Reference Hochard —, GRPLC 543
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NAC 10, 9 Apr. 1997, lot 403 = Münzzentrum 65, 1988, lot 959 = Münzzentrum 64, 15 Apr. 1988, lot 413 = Kress 130, 1964, lot 403
    ✸ Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 267