NIKAIA. Geta als Caesar, 198 - 209 n. Chr. AE Hemiassarion ø 15mm (2.87g). 202 - 205 n. Chr. St. 180°. Vs.: ΓΕTΛC · KΛ ICΛP, Kopf n. r. Rs.: NIKA-I[EΩ]N, Dionysos-Kind reitet mit Thyrsos und Kantharos auf Panther n. r. Rec. gen. - ; BMC - ; SNG Cop. - ; SNG v. Aulock - ; Weiser, Köln - ; Slg. Righetti: MM D 15, 2004, Los 377 (stgl.).
Ex Münzzentrum 156, Solingen-Ohligs 2010, Los 297 (Zuschlag: 135,- €).
Avers stempelgleich mit Los 1250 und 1252.
Nicaea frequently issued coins of very small denominations. In the Severan period these were produced for various members of the Imperial family and often bore revers types relating to the iconography of the gods Heracles and Dionysus (cf. RGA 1, 3 pp. 439-478). For Geta as Caesar in particular, Nicaea issued coins with the infant Dionysus (RGA 509), a cista mystica (RGA 510), and an elephant (RGA 516) on their reverses. While no other examples of the Dionysus-on-panther type are known to the author, this new ANS specimen nicely complements the other motifs found in the series. (S. Heath); Bates, M. L. / Heath, S. / Hoge, R. W. / Stolayrik, E. / van Alfen, P. G., Acquisitions for 2003 und 2004 in the American Numismatic Society Collection, AJN 16-17, 2004-2005, 269-303, bes. 280, 45 Taf. 40.
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