Triton XVIII, Lot: 1167. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 24.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate bust right, slight drapery / VICT BRIT TR P III COS II, S C in exergue, Victory, winged and draped, seated right on cuirass, inscribing with right hand oval shield, balanced on left knee, left hand helping to balance shield; on ground at left, oblong shield; under feet, oblong shield; to right, oblong shield and helmet. RIC IV 172b; Banti 60; SCBC 663A; BMCRE 268-9 (Septimius, Caracalla, and Geta). VF, dark brown, rough river surfaces, traces of red. Rare.

From the RAM Collection, purchased from George Beach, March 1990.