Aureus - Geta PONTIF TR P III COS II; Felicitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Geta (Publius Septimius Geta) (209-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	211
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.3 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 271722
References	RIC IV.1# 78B 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.78B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Geta, laureate, bearded, with drapery or aegis (?) on left shoulder, 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

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF TR P III COS II

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

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (211)

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