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Æ18 - Geta AΓXIAΛEΩN
| Issuer | Anchialus |
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| Year | 209-211 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Π CEΠT ΓETAC K (Translation: Π(-οβλιος) CEΠT(-ίμιος) ΓETAC K(-αίσαρ). `Publius Septimius Geta Caesar`.) |
| Reverse description | A lion walking or striding to the right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Thracian civic bronzes of the Severan era. The animal is depicted with head facing forward or slightly turned, with details of the mane and musculature visible despite moderate wear. The figure stands on a ground line across the center of the flan. The ethnic legend AΓXIAΛEΩN is distributed around the design within a dotted border, with letters appearing above and below the central type. |
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Anchialus, a Thracian coastal city on the Black Sea, struck bronze coinage under the joint reign of Septimius Severus's sons with unusual regularity for a minor provincial mint. The 209–211 window is tight — Geta held the rank of Augustus only from 209 until Caracalla had him murdered in December 211, making any coin attributable solely to his Augustan period a narrow issue by definition.
Varbanov and AMNG classifications occasionally diverge on die pairings for Anchialus bronzes of this period, and the two reference numbers here suggest cross-catalogued material rather than a straightforward attribution.