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Coin of Sebaste with bust of Geta
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 198–209
Mint: Asia: Phrygia, Sebaste
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 5.72 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.814
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Draped, cuirassed bust of Geta to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Mên, wearing Phrygian cap and himation, stands with left foot on bucranium, holding pine cone in left hand, spear in right. Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Mên, wearing Phrygian cap and himation, stands with left foot on bucranium, holding pine cone in left hand, spear in right. Crescent behind shoulders.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 28); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963