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RIC IV Geta 79

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RIC IV Geta 79, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 211–211 AD. Obverse: head of geta, laureate, bearded, right. Reverse: janus, two-headed, standing front, looking left and right, naked to waist, drapery over left arm, holding sceptre (or spear) in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand. Weight about 3.1 g, diameter 19.7 mm.
obverse RIC IV Geta 79
obverse: Head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right
reverse RIC IV Geta 79
reverse: Janus, two-headed, standing front, looking left and right, naked to waist, drapery over left arm, holding sceptre (or spear) in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand
mint Rome weight 3.08g (6)
ruler Geta diameter ⌀19.7 (3)
denomination Denarius axis 7↕ (5)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right

P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT
reverse

Janus, two-headed, standing front, looking left and right, naked to waist, drapery over left arm, holding sceptre (or spear) in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand

TR P III COS II P P
specimens (8)
British Museum 2.56g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 3.18g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 3.40g ⌀19.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme
British Museum 3.09g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Geta 79 (ric.4.ge.79), 211–211 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-geta-79/ (accessed: 2026-08-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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