387, Lot: 283. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LACONIA, Gythium. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.99 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 202-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. BCD Peloponnesos –; BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; NCP –. VF, green patina. Possibly an unpublished type for Geta.

For the same reverse die used for a coin of Caracalla, see BCD Peloponnesos 972.