Mesembria, Geta, 4 unit (CN type 234)
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 Mesembria in Thrace under Geta dated 209-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 234. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right. Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Geta, right.
- Reverse type
- Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/234
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 234
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution