1983.56.75: Coin of Sebaste under Geta
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.56.75
- People
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Geta, Roman (r. 209 - 212 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Sebaste under Geta
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 209-212
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sebaste (Phrygia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/177456
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.44 g
- Die Axis
- 12
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 36-7; D.S. 682
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.56.75
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of Geta, r., bare-headed and wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Me^n standing facing, wearing Phrygian cap and holding in l. hand a pine cone while resting r. hand on spear and one foot on a bucranium; behind shoulders, a crescent.
Verification Level
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