189 AD - 212 AD

Dium   Decapolis-Arabia   Geta
Δίον   Δεκάπολις-Αραβία   Γέτας
 AE 23
 SHH 3034

3034 Dium Decapolis-Arabia Geta AE

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 		9.43 g   21.9-24.0 mm   2.6 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
ρ = 8.26 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.3, rev. 5.7 MS/m
Draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right; [Π CΕΠ] / ΓΕΤΑC 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 ΔΕΙΗ, in exergue ΝωΝ; to right upward ΟC (year 270 = 207/208 AD);
border of dots.
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ANS VI 1281/1282; BMC Arabia 3/4; Copenhagen VII ---; Lindgren II 2202;
Sear Greek Imperial 2905; Spijkerman 7.2
Ex Jeffery Michniuk, 19.4.2008
 Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018