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ID number: BIRBI-R1413 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Geta; Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 211 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.92 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1475. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Geta, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Providentia (or Aeternitas?), draped and standing front, head facing l., raising lighted torch in r. and holding globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT (Publius Septimius Geta Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: TR P III COS II P P (Tribune for the Third Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 81
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