Denarius - Geta PONTIF TR P II COS; Genius

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Geta (Publius Septimius Geta) (209-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	210
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.38 g
Diameter	19.00 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 271711
References	RIC IV.1# 70A Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ge.70A Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Geta, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT

Translation:
Publius Septimius Geta Pius Augustus Britannicus.
Publius Septimius Geta, the pious emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons.

Reverse

Genius, naked, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar and holding corn-ears in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF TR P II COS II

Translation:
Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul.
[High] priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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