Geta, AE14 of Nicaea, Bithynia. (Ancient imitation) 198-212 AD.

A CEPT-GETA KAIC, laureate bust left. 
NIKAIEWN, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm.

Ancient imitation of RecGen 515.

Contributed by Ginger Hipszky, August 2011.

The reasons for classifying this as an ancient imitation
are:
- A instead of an L at the start of the legend. Geta
used the A (as part of AVT) only when he was Augustus,
not when he was Caesar (KAIC).
- Peculiar style of the neck and upper shoulder area, as though he is wearing a scarf.
- Retrograde C at the end of the legend 
- Errors in the letters C which were erroneously made to resemble Epsilons.
- Geta's left-facing bust was only used in Nicaea during
his time as Augustus.
- Different sizes of the letters on the reverse - compare the small I to the huge final N.
- A Nike reverse for Geta is listed in RecGen as no. 515 but with laureate, draped bust right and Nike 
walking right, so the original images were possibly pressed into clay to make the dies for the copies, and the legends added afterwards, but, perhaps being illiterate, not being unsure about the L or Epsilons.