Nikopolis ad Mestum, Geta, 5 unit — Artemis advancing left (CN type 11864)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 209–211
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Mestum in Thrace under Geta, dated AD 209–211. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11864 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ϹΕΒ. Reverse: Artemis advancing left, holding bow and arrow in both hands; at her feet, hound. Legend: ΟVΛΠ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29.2–31.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Komnick, Die Münzprägung von Nicopolis ad Mestum: Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin 2003, p. 71, nr. 71.
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Historical context
Issued between AD 209 and 211, this civic bronze coin was struck at Nicopolis ad Mestum, a Roman town situated along the Mesta river in the province of Thrace. Publius Septimius Geta was proclaimed Roman emperor alongside his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla in 209. Following Severus's death in February 211, the brothers shared power until Geta was murdered in December of that year.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29.2–31.4 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Mestum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right.
- Reverse type
- Artemis advancing left, holding bow and arrow in both hands; at her feet, hound.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11864
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11864
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 71, nr. 71
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