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A little help with Attributing this Geta, denarius – please?
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Tiathena:
Greetings one & all …
I’m wondering whether anyone might be kind enough to give me a helpful nudge or something here, with the attribution on this Geta Den..?
I’m trying to get the precise attribution, and having a bit of a time with it for some reason (..well, mostly, that the reverse legend is in such poor form here).
I’m looking for all my ‘standard’ bits of attribution info.
i.e. ~
Legend ( Rev) – (the Obv. is clear & legible enough: P SEPT GETA CAES [P]ONT).
Exergue (?)
Mint: Rome (?)
Strike date (?)
Size: 18 mm.
Weight (?)
Die axis: 180 degs.
References: * (?)
Thanks very much for any & all help.
&nd as I haven’t as yet really had opportunity to say it – Happiest New Year to everyone at FORVM!
Best –
Tia
Varangian:
Reverse is PRINC IVVENTVTIS; Geta standing l., holding baton and sceptre, trophy behind.
RIC 18, RCV 7196, BMCRE 198, 234.
Minted in Rome, 200AD.
I don't have this RIC volume, but RCV gives it a $40/$120 value, so it's probably fairly common.
Tiathena:
Much & many thanks, Varangian – got it now.
It seems there are quite many examples of this reverse of different dies.
I’m sure it’s very common, but I was happy to pick this one up to fill in the ‘Geta’ blank in my Severan collection. It will serve well enough for now, at least.
Thank you again very much for the help…
Best –
Tia
Jochen:
I want to add here something about the word 'trophy' which - I hope - is of general interest:
This word (Latin 'tropaeum') is derived from the Greek 'tropaion' and means a monument of flight or victory. It was erected at that place where the enemy in a battle turns (Greek 'trope') to flee. At the beginning the trophy was a tree stump where parts of the armament or weapons of the enemy were hanged on. These trophies were consecrated to the gods of war and therefore untouchable. Later they were made from stone or aes as a lasting sign of victory. Now the trophies only rarely stand on the battlefield but in the metropolis as impressive architectural monument.
A trophy crowned by Victory is the reverse type of the Republican coin which was called a VICTORIATUS, and trophies appear on a number of other Republican and Imperial coins. The word itself appears in the legends of coins of Pescennius Niger and Septimius Severus, who both claimed a 'trophy for the unconquered Augustus', INVICTO AVG(usto) TROPAE(um).
Regards
awl:
Hi, I have 2 of those coins.
The are both better than the picture you showed.
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