367, Lot: 344. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (29mm, 13.24 g, 7h). Dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC KЄCAP, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AΔP CЄV [ANT AMA]CIAC (MHT) NЄ ΠΡΠ / ЄPMHC KTICAC THN ΠOΛIN, Eagle standing facing on branch, head right, with wreath in beak; ЄT / CH (date) in two lines to right. Dalaison 548 (D142/R193); cf. RG 53 (for rev. type); cf. BMC 16 (same). Fine, light brown patina. Extremely rare type, with Dalaison citing just one example.

The legend on the inner field of the reverse (ερμης κτισας την πολιν) refers to Mercury as being revered as the oecist of the city.