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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 199
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très beau portrait de Géta. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Géta à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°01).
Obverse legend : L AU K - GETAS, (Lukios Aurhlios Kaisaros Getas)
Obverse translation : (Lucius Aurèle césar Géta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d’ours vu de face.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITW PROS ISTO, (Nikopolitwn Pros Istros)
Reverse translation : (de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus).
Commentary
Poids léger pour un assarion. Semble de même coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Varbonov, I, p. 275, n° 3258.
Light weight for an assarion. Seems to have the same corners as the copy reproduced in Varbonov's work, I, p. 275, no. 3258
Light weight for an assarion. Seems to have the same corners as the copy reproduced in Varbonov's work, I, p. 275, no. 3258
Historical background
GETA
(06/198-26/02/212)
Caesar
Born on May 26, 189, Geta became Caesar in 198 and received the title of pontifex the following year. He accompanies his father and his brother to Brittany from 208 and is raised to Augustat the following year. When Septimius Severus died in York on February 4, 211, the two brothers brought their father's ashes back to Rome and became co-emperors. But they hate each other. Finally, after a year of joint rule, Caracalla kills his brother in their mother's arms. Geta is dedicated to "damnatio memoriæ" (damnation of memory). His supporters are systematically massacred.
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