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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Geta| > RS79615
Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D.
|Geta|, |Geta,| |209| |-| |c.| |26| |December| |211| |A.D.|, In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Roman people, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc.
RS79615. Silver denarius, RIC IV 59(b); RSC III 114; BMCRE V p. 274, 579; Hunter III 24; SRCV II 7187 var. (draped), Choice EF, superb portrait, mint luster, near perfect centering, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.737g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, as caesar, early 209 A.D.; obverse P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bearded, bare head right; reverse PONTIF COS II (priest, consul for the 2nd time), Genius standing left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over flaming altar, ears of grain downward in left hand; SOLD











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