Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Coin of Tabae with bust of Geta, struck under Apollonius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 209–212
Mint: Asia: Caria, Tabae
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 19.65 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Geta to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Poseidon standing to left, right foot on a dolphin, trident in his raised left hand, statuette of Artemis (?) in right.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Poseidon standing to left, right foot on a dolphin, trident in his raised left hand, statuette of Artemis (?) in right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 253); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963