Augusta Traiana, Geta, unit (CN type 2274)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
209-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2274. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos resting on inverted torch set on altar, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17–18 mm (from 1 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
- Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos resting on inverted torch set on altar, right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Π ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVCΤΗ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2274
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2274
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. 133, nr. 501
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 111, nr. 1331
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution