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ID number: BIRBI-R1416 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Geta; Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 211 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 27.47 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3357. A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Geta, wearing laurel wreath, with aegis, and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Fortuna, draped and seated facing l., holding rudder set on globe in r. and cornucopiae in l.; below seat, wheel.
Inscriptions: Obverse: P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT (Publius Septimius Geta Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: FORT RED TR P III COS II P P (Fortune that returns the emperor in safety, Tribune for the Third Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 168B
Notes: RIC type does not specify the aegis, which appears on the reverse of this coin.
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