Augusta Traiana, Geta, 5 unit (CN type 2205)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2205. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch entwined by serpent; at her feet, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 29–30 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.75 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch entwined by serpent; at her feet, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠΤΜΙΟϹ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2205
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2205
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. 126, nr. 465
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 109, nr. 1307
Research required
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