Nikopolis ad Istrum, Geta, bronze (CN type 22818)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Geta, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22818. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing right on globe, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.1–27.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.59 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right on globe, wings spread, holding a wreath in beak.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹЄΠΤ ΓЄΤΑϹ Κ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΑV ΓΑΛΛΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛ ΠΡΟϹ Ι
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22818
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22818
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 275, nr. 3263
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 427, nr. 1659
Research required
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