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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Augusta Traiana| > RP29054
Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D., Augusta Traiana, Thrace
|Augusta| |Traiana|, |Geta,| |209| |-| |c.| |26| |December| |211| |A.D.,| |Augusta| |Traiana,| |Thrace|, Nemesis, the winged balancer of life, is the goddess of revenge, the avenger of crimes and punisher of wicked doers. She distributes fortune, good or bad, in due proportion to each according to what is deserved. She holds a lorum, a long scarf worn by Roman magistrates, to symbolize her authority as judge, and holds a cubit rule to measure each man's just deserts.
RP29054. Bronze AE 20, Varbanov II 1183 var. (obv. legend), aVF, Augusta Traiana (Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) mint, weight 4.502g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, 209 - c. 26 Dec 211 A.D.; obverse Λ CEΠTIM ΓETAC KA, draped bust right; reverse AVΓOVCTHC TPAIANHC, Nemesis standing left, raising right hand to shoulder, lorum and cubit-rule in left hand; rare; SOLD










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