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Bageis (AD 197-211) AE 28 - Geta
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Geta, as Caesar, 197-211 AD. AE28 (12.08g). CEBAC GETAC KAICAP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI ANTIΓ B AP CATOB BAΓHNΩ, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Very rare. Very fine. Bagis (Bageis) takes the epithet Cæsarea 'of caesar', i.e. imperial (foundation?) and names the River Hermos on its coins. The city still figures in a list about 1170-79.
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