Thasos, Geta, semis (CN type 20920)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracesemis in bronze struck at Thasos in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20920. Obverse: Draped bust of Geta with robe to the right. Reverse: Heracles standing facing, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- semis
- Recorded diameter
- 18.1 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Thasos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Geta with robe to the right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles standing facing, resting on club, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΠΟ Ϲ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΘΑϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20920
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20920
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 330, nr. 3003
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution