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A silver denarius of the emperor Geta with a Bonus Eventus reverse. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Geta, Caesar 198-209 CE, Augustus 209-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 210 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.25g
Obverse: IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG
Laureate head right, bearded, seen from behind.
Reverse: PONTIF TR P II COS II
Genius or Bonus Eventus standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, left, and holding corn-ears downward in left hand.
Provenance: septimiuz (eBay), December 2003
Ref: RCV (2002) 7249; RIC IV 70b; BMCRE p365, 43
BW Ref: 001 029 007
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