393, Lot: 261. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 23.22 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate bust right / Italia (or Felicitas) seated left, holding scepter and cornucopia; to left at her feet, uncertain figure reclining left; to right, river-god reclining right at side of throne, arm resting on urn, holding reeds (or cornucopia). RIC IV 171a; Banti 55. VF, dark brown surfaces with touches of red, flan crack, smoothing. Rare type.