Denarius
Geta
Roman Imperial
Rome or Laodicea
Roman Empire
198-200
Silver
Diameter: 3/4 in. (19.3 mm)
Weight: 3.19 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29396
Geography
Place Made: Italy or Syria, Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Draped bust of Geta right: left up, right down, inwardly; L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES; Reverse: Frontal draped Felicitas standing left, caduceus in extended right hand, cornucopia in crook of left arm; left up, right down, inwardly; FELICITAS TEMPOR
Course History
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2012
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2014
Published References
BMC vol. V; p. 290, no. 683; pl. 45:1 (wt. 3.45 g)
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. V: nos. 144-145, pl. 30/10 [Rome], nos. 683-684, pl. 45/1 [Laodicea]
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