RIC IV Geta 184
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC IV Geta 184. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, right, with the legend P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT.
The reverse shows caracalla and Geta, standing right and left facing each other, holding spears in left hands and clasping right hands, one crowned by Apollo, the other by Victory, with the legend CONCORDIE AVGG S C.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
Septimius Severus ruled as Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He appointed his elder son, Caracalla, as Augustus in 198, and his younger son, Geta, as Augustus in 209. In 208, Severus travelled to Britain, campaigning in Caledonia in 209. Following Severus's death at Eboracum in early 211, his two sons succeeded him jointly, advised by their mother Julia Domna.
The reverse depicts Caracalla and Geta facing each other, clasping right hands while holding spears, with one crowned by Apollo and the other by Victory. Accompanied by the legend "CONCORDIE AVGG S C", the design portrays the concord between the co-emperors.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Geta; Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Geta, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Caracalla and Geta, standing right and left facing each other, holding spears in left hands and clasping right hands, one crowned by Apollo, the other by Victory
- Obverse legend
- P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT
- Reverse legend
- CONCORDIE AVGG S C
Identification
- Type reference
- RIC IV Geta 184
- Denomination and metal
- Sestertius, Bronze
- Obverse legend to match
- P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT
- Reverse legend to match
- CONCORDIE AVGG S C
- Source note
- Type description from the American Numismatic Society's Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE); individual specimens differ in die, flan size, weight and wear, and legend breaks may vary.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.4.ge.184
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