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A silver denarius of the emperor Geta with a Providentia Deorum reverse. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Geta, Caesar 198-209 CE, Augustus 209-211 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 205-208 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.12g
Obverse: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES
Bare-headed, draped bust Right, seen from behind.
Reverse: PROVID DEORVM
Providentia, wearing stephane, draped, standing front, head left, holding wand pointing downwards in right hand and tall sceptre, nearly vertical, in left; at feet, left, small globe.
Provenance: philipew (eBay), March 2002
Ref: RCV (2002) 7197; RIC IV 51; BMCRE V p246, 458
BW Ref: 010 031 052
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