Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8119
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008119
Alternate number:
60 lindgren (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Decapolis, Jordan
Verbatim coll. place:
Decapolis
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection date:
December 26, 1974
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Baal (Semitic Deity) and Geta Lucius Septimius (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: PESP GETAS and Reverse legend: -DEIH[ ]WN
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
209-212 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 24 millimeters and weight 13.74 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8119, described as Coin, Æ, bronze issue, 24 mm; 13.74 grams. Obverse: bust of Geta facing right; head bare; wears paludamentum and cuirass; inscription:- [untranscribable symbols]. Reverse: Baal standing facing, wearing modius, chiton, and himation; in right hand holds scepter with eagle atop; left hand supports Nike; at feet two humped bulls recumbent facing right, and left inscription: ΠΕCΠ ΠΕΤΑC; in field on right: OC.

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