Topeiros, Geta, 4 unit (CN type 21024)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21024. Obverse: Laureate head of Geta, right. Reverse: Emperor (Geta) in military attire riding right on horseback, wearing cuirass and fluttering paludamentum, holding spear in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26.7–29.55 mm (from 11 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.88 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Geta, right.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Geta) in military attire riding right on horseback, wearing cuirass and fluttering paludamentum, holding spear in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΤΟΠΕΙΡΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21024
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21024
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. 720, nr. 11
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2693
Research required
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