v34_0606 - GETA Denier

MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: 204

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 19,00 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,36 g.

Officine: 4e

Emission: 18e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un buste ovale, irrégulier, bien centré au droit, décentré au revers sur la légende. Très beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets métalliques

Catalogue references :

C.36 - RIC.8 - BMC/RE.218 - RSC.36 - H.2/685 - RCV.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : P SEPT GETA - CAES PONT.

Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Géta à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).

Obverse translation : "Publius Septimus Geta Cæsar Pontifex", (Publius Septime Géta césar pontife).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FELICIT- AS AVGG.

Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) debout à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.

Reverse translation : "Felicitas Augustorum", (La Félicité des augustes).

Commentary

Très beau portrait juvénile.

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.

GETA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien AU

GETA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien AU

v34_0606 - GETA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GETA

(06/198-26/02/212)

Caesar

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