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A bronze coin of the emperor Geta from Hadrianopolis with a reverse showing Cybele on a lion. Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Geta, Caesar 198-209 CE, Augustus 209-211 CE
Mint and Date: Hadrianopolis, 198-209 CE.
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 11.43g
Obverse: (AYT K Π C)EΠTIMIOC ΓETAC
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: AΔPIANOΠO
Cybele, turreted, riding sidesaddle facing, feet to the left, head to the right, on a lion leaping right; right elbow resting on a tympanum; sceptre in left hand.
Exergue: ΛITΩN
Provenance: clairecoins (eBay), February 2008
Ref: Varbanov II (English) 3675; Moushmov 2666
BW Ref: 021 037 126
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