Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1149. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Dupondius (12.82 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, radiate head right, slight drapery / PONTIF TR P III COS II, S C in exergue, Mars standing left, crowning trophy to left, leaning on shield to right; spear leaning against arm. Cf. RIC IV 160b (TR P II); cf. BMCRE 270A (As). Good VF, dark green patina, a few spots of red. Apparently unpublished for TR P III.
Ex Rauch 53 (28 November 1994), lot 310 (misattributed as RIC IV 160b).