bpv_664323 - GETA Assarion
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Price : 120.00 €
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 209
Mint name / Town : Héliopolis, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : GETA - AVGOSTO (SIC!).
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Géta à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL// HEL.
Reverse description : Deux hampes d'aigles légionnaires dans une couronne de laurier fermée par une rosace.
Reverse translation : Colonia Heliopolitana.
Commentary
Ce bronze était signalé au XIXe siècle par de Saulcy.
Historical background
GETA
(06/198-26/02/212)
Augustus
Geta, born on May 26, 189, became Caesar in 198 and the following year received the title of pontifex. He accompanies his father and his brother to Brittany from 208 and is raised to Augustat the following year. When Septimius Severus died in York on February 4, 211, the two brothers brought their father's ashes back to Rome and became co-emperors. But they hate each other. Finally, after a year of joint rule, Caracalla kills his brother in their mother's arms. Geta is dedicated to "damnatio memoriæ" (damnation of memory). His supporters are systematically massacred.
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