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A silver denarius of the emperor Geta with a Prince of Youth reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Geta, Caesar 198-209 CE, Augustus 209-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 199-204 CE .
Size and Weight: 17mm x 20mm, 3.19g
Obverse: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT
Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: PRINC IVVENT
Geta in military dress, with cloak hanging behind him, standing front, head left, holding branch, pointing downwards, in right hand, and vertical spear, reversed, in left.
Provenance: Kernos (Forvm Auctions), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 7194; RIC IV 15b; BMCRE V p198, 232
BW Ref: 014 030 096
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