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ID: |
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735166 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Geta |
| Date Ruled: |
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198-209 AD
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Denarius |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 200-202 |
| Diameter: |
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18 mm |
| Weight: |
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3.45 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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P SEPT GETA CAES PONT |
| Obverse Description: |
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Bare-headed, draped bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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NOBI-LITAS |
| Reverse Description: |
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Nobilitas standing facing, head right, holding small statue (the Palladium?) |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 013 |
| Reference2: |
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RSC 090 |
| Reference3: |
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BMCRE 223 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=35410 |
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Grade:
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Toned, good VF, a few small spots of encrustation, hairline flan crack |
| Notes: |
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Artistic portrait and reverse. Although the small statue held by Nobilitas is universally described as "the Palladium", on this example it is wreathed rather than helmeted and holds no statue of Victory. In fact, it precisely copies the figure of Nobilitas. Perhaps the work of a new, but extremely talented, celator? |
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