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ID number: BIRBI-R1415 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Geta; Septimius Severus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 210 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 26.12 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2024. A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Geta, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Caracalla and Geta, veiled and togate, standing r. and l. facing each other, sacrificing out of paterae in r. hands over tripod and holding batons in l. hands; behind, flute player facing and victim.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG (Imperator Caesar, Publius Septimius Geta Pius Augustus). Reverse: PONTIF TR P II COS II (Priest, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul for the Second Time). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 156B
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