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Coin of Antioch with bust of Geta
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 209–212
Mint: Pisidia, Antioch
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 26.75 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.872
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Geta to right.
IMP.CAES.P.SEP. .GETAE.AVG
Reverse: Mên, standing, head in Phrygian cap to right, holds sceptre in right hand, globe, on which stands Nike with trophy, in left. Left arm rests on column; left foot on bucranium; crescent behind shoulders; cock at left.
In field: S R
COLCAES ANTIOCH
IMP.CAES.P.SEP. .GETAE.AVG
Reverse: Mên, standing, head in Phrygian cap to right, holds sceptre in right hand, globe, on which stands Nike with trophy, in left. Left arm rests on column; left foot on bucranium; crescent behind shoulders; cock at left.
In field: S R
COLCAES ANTIOCH
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 95); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963