198 AD - 212 AD

Dium   Decapolis-Arabia   Geta
Δίον   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Γέτας


 AE 24
SHH 5426

5426 Dium Decapolis-Arabia Geta AE

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14.41 g   23.6-24.4 mm   3.6 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
ρ = 8.33 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 4.5, rev. 4.0 MS/m
Draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right; ΠOV Π C / ΓΕΤΑC K clockwise around;
border of dots.
War-god (Hadad) standing facing, wearing modius (κάλαθος) and cuirass;
right hand resting on sceptre surmounted by eagle;
left hand holding Victoria (Νίκη) holding wreath; recumbent bulls either side of his feet;
to left downward ΔΕΙΗΝ / ωΝ antoclockwise startig in eergue;
on right downward HΞC (year 269 = 206 AD); border of dots.
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ANS VI 1281/1282; BMC Arabia 1; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II 2202;
Rosenberger 5; Sofaer 4; Spijkerman 6.1a
Ex CNG 318E/452, 15.1.2014
Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018