RIC IV Geta 157B
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Geta 157B. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Geta; Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right
- Reverse
- Caracalla and Geta, triumph group, in military attire, standing left, each extending right hand and holding spear in left; behind them and to left, three soldiers holding vexillum and standards, respectively, on left, captive seated right with hands tied
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- PONTIF TR P II COS II S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ge.157B
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