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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/87432 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | V.3 |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 87432) |
Province | Syria Coele |
Region | Syria |
City | Laodicea ad Mare |
Reign | Septimius Severus |
Person (obv.) | Geta (Augustus) |
Issue | AD 209-211 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ ϹΕ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γέτας Σε(βαστὸς) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Geta Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate and draped bust of Geta, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β |
Edition | δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ β |
Translation | holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time |
Reverse design | eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak; between legs, star |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 13.46 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Bellinger —; McAlee —; Amandry & Prieur 53; Prieur 1173 |
Specimens | 4 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | older portrait than Prieur 1172, with a heavy beard; the obverse legend stops at 5 o'clock, whereas the legend ends below Geta's head on 1172. |