Augusta Traiana, Geta, unit (CN type 2085)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
197-209 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Geta dated 197-209 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2085. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17–19 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ Κ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓ ΤΡΙΑΝΗ(Ϲ)
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2085
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2085
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 415
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 107, nr. 1265
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution