Æ 27 - Geta 193-209

Weight

9.55 g

Diameter

27 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Bronze

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right.

Back design

Otreus embarking on prow of ship to left, right arm raised, head turned back, holding spear in left hand.

Year of Minting

193-209

Emperor

Geta (Publius Septimius Geta) (209-211)

Mint location

Otrus, Phrygia , Turkey

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: PO CEPT GETAC KAI Reverse: ALEXAN-DR-OC A-NEQHALEXAN-DR-OC AN-EO OTPONW

Context

Otrus was one of the five cities of the Eucarpic plain and may have been named Otrus after an emigration from Otroea in Bythinia, which according to Strabo (XII, 566) was founded by Otreus, the king of Phrygia of the time of the Trojan War. The passage about this famous warrior, whom Priam helped fight against the Amazons in a battle on the river Sangarius, in the Iliad (III) is brief but very descriptive: '... When I was in Phrygia I saw many horsemen, the people of Otreus and of Mygdon, who were camping upon the banks of the river Sangarius; I was their ally, and with them when the Amazons, peers of men, came up against them, but even they were not so many as the Achaeans.'

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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