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Coin ID #7816

Selge (AD 209-212) AE 16 - Geta

Geta, 209-212 AD. AE16 (4.13g). AV K - CE ΓETAC, bearded, laureate head right / CEΛ-ΓEΩN, Dionysos standing left, wearing nebris and boots, holding kantharos in right hand and resting left hand on knobby thyrsos decorated with Styrax leaves(!). Very rare, VF, dark green patina. Hoeft coll. Unpublished?

Here, the thyrsos is obviously decorated with Styrax! Selge was the center of the Styrax production and so it's an understandable hint to its main product. I think this depiction is unique.

File information
Filename:selge_geta_Dionysos_unpublished.jpg
City/Mint name:Selge
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:??? SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG France -; BMC -; Lindgren -
Valuation:$112, Gerhard Rohde
Photo courtesy of:Gerhard Rohde - www.vcoins.com/ancient/rohde
Filesize:30 KiB
Date added:Nov 06, 2010
Dimensions:579 x 272 pixels
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