Very Rare Geta Denarius

435, Lot: 344. Estimate $300. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 208-9. Bareheaded and draped bust right / PONTIF COS II, Septimius seated facing on platform between Caracalla and Geta, both seated facing, looking toward each other. RIC 65a; RSC 126. VF, toned, flan crack, a few spots of verdigris. Very rare, none in CoinArchives, and neither the G. R. Arnold or Michael Kelly collections had a specimen.