Reverse: Emperor on horseback, with spear and cape, trampling on a barbari...
Obverse: Draped bust of Geta
| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Context: | Perge |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Issuing Authority: | Geta |
| Actual Weight: | 25.94 g. |
| Die Axis: | 1 |
| Date: | exact 209 AD - exact 212 AD |
| Dimensions: | 33.5 mm. |
| Region: | Pamphylia |
| Period: | Severan |
Obverse Type: Within a dotted circle, the emperor, Geta, on horseback, gallops profile to the right, over a fallen barbarian. A cape flutters behind him and he holds a spear in his upraised right hand.
Donor: Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour
Commentary: Imperial bronze
Sources Used: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung von Aulock, vol. 11, no. 4681