RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 81301)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 81301)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Side
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Geta (Augustus)
Dating AD 209–12
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πόπλιος Σεπτίμιος Γέτας Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Πό(πλιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Γέτας
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Septimius Geta
Obverse design laureate head of Geta, right, with side of drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ
Edition Σιδητῶν Σιδητῶν
Translation of the Sidetans
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.25 g
Axis 6, 11
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note According to J. Nollé, 'Side: Zur Geschichte Einer Kleinasiatischen Stadt in Der Römischen Kaiserzeit Im Spiegel Ihrer Münzen', Antike Welt 21.4 (1990), pp. 244-65, this coin type should be dated to the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta in AD 211/12.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1975,0411.236
— —     P: 616 SNG 823
— —     ✸ Auction Athena 2, 1988, 395. PSammlungen Pfalz 2598.
— —     SNG Pfälzer 707