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A silver denarius of the emperor Geta with a reverse showing him sacrificing. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Geta, Caesar 198-209 CE, Augustus 209-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 205 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.48g
Obverse: GETA CAES PONT COS
Bust right, draped, head bare, seen from behind.
Reverse: VOTA PVBLICA
Geta veiled, draped, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted tripod on left, and holding roll in left hand at side.
Provenance: fichtinski (eBay), May 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC IV 38a; BMCRE V p242, 442.
BW Ref: 015 031 110
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