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Tetradrachm - Geta YΠΑΤΟC·ΤΟ·Α·, Antioch, Syria
| Issuer | Mint of Antioch on the Orontes |
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| Year | 205-207 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and draped bust of Geta as Caesar facing right, rendered in three-quarter perspective from the front, with finely detailed curly hair and paludamentum visible at the truncation. The effigy displays the youthful features characteristic of Geta's early portraiture. The Greek legend encircles the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands facing on a leg and thigh of a sacrificial animal, its wings fully spread in heraldic display and its head turned to the right. The bird holds a wreath in its beak, a standard iconographic motif of the Syrian tetradrachm series. The Greek consular legend is inscribed in the field, and the composition is contained within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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