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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Geta| > RS91596
Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D.
|Geta|, |Geta,| |209| |-| |c.| |26| |December| |211| |A.D.|, Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna. Geta was born in Rome, in 189, at a time when his father was only a provincial governor at the service of Emperor Commodus. Geta was made Caesar in 198 and Geta became co-emperor with his father and brother, Caracalla, in 209.
RS91596. Silver denarius, RIC IV 62b (S); RSC III 117; BMCRE V p. 275, 588; Hunter III 27 var. (also cuirassed); SRCV II 7189, F/aF, nice youth portrait, toned, porous, scratches, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.843g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, as caesar, early 209 A.D.; obverse P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped (not cuirassed) youthful bust right, seen from behind; reverse PONTIF COS II (priest, consul for the 2nd time), Geta standing left, veiled and togate, patera over lighted altar in right hand, baton in left hand; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; scarce; SOLD











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