v49_0640 - GETA Denier

MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: 199

Mint name / Town : Syrie, Laodicée

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 650 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,27 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 5e

Emission: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Géta juvénile. Un peu court sur la légende au revers. Patine grise superficielle

Catalogue references :

C.189 - RIC.107 - H.2/- - RSC.189 - BMC/RE.754 - RCV.7201 var. (180$) - MRK.53 /35

Obverse

Obverse legend : L SEPTIMIVS - GETA CAES.

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

Obverse translation : "Lucius Septimius Geta Cæsar", (Lucius Septime Géta césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [SEVE]RI PII AVG F-IL.

Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau, vase à sacrifice “capis”, simpulum et aspersoir.

Reverse translation : "Severi Pii Augusti Filii", (À l'auguste, fils du pieux Sévère).

Commentary

Portrait particulier pour l’atelier oriental.

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.

v49_0640 - GETA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GETA

(06/198-26/02/212)

Caesar

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