Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 808. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GETA. 209-211 AD Æ Sestertius (27.43 g, 1h). Struck 210 AD. Laureate head right / Geta standing left vis-à-vis Caracalla standing right, each holding patera over lighted tripod with sacrificial animal lying at base; Caracalla also holding baton;
tibicina standing facing between, playing
tibiae. RIC IV 156b; BMCRE 219 note (lists as 'doubtful'); Cohen 143 var. (aegis). VF, black surfaces, smoothed. Rare bust type for issue. ($750)