Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1585. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Sestertius (19.71 g, 12h). Struck AD 210-211. P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, Laureate and draped bust right / VICT BRIT TR P III COS II, S C in exergue, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing shield balanced on her knees; shields and arms in front and behind. RIC IV 172b; Banti 60; Cohen 210. Good VF, green-brown patina, areas of roughness.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005), lot 511, with his original ticket; purchased from F.A. Walters, March 1903.

Beginning in 208 AD, Septimius Severus waged a military campaign against the Caledonians in northern Britain with his sons Caracalla and Geta. Due to his father's illness, Caracalla took the lead in managing military operations throughout most of the campaign, while Geta took on administrative duties at the campaign base camp at Eboracum (modern day York). By 210 AD, all three family members were depicted on coins celebrating their success. This sestertius, produced after Geta was raised to the rank of Augustus, refers to the end of the British campaign. The obverse legend records Geta's newly adopted title, "Britannicus," while on the reverse Victory is engraving a shield as a memorial to the closing of the campaign.