Geta as Caesar; 198-209 AD, Rome, c. 199 AD, Denarius, 3.15g. C-195 (Paris), BMC-149 note, RIC-4 note, RSC-195 (with photo of Arnold specimen). Obv: L SEPT GETA CAES PONT Bare-headed, draped bust r. Rx: SPES - PVBLICA Spes advancing l., holding flower and raising skirt. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CGB, Rome 8, no. 140. Very rare obverse legend combining PONT with the praenomen L, a brief transitional form between Geta's first obverse legend L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES and his third legend P SEPT GETA CAES PONT. Probably fewer than twenty specimens recorded, including one in Reka Devnia hoard. . Toned EF (350)