NumisBids
  
Harlan J. Berk Ltd.
Buy or Bid Sale 209  3 Dec 2019
View prices realized

Lot 471

Starting price: 926 USD
Lot unsold
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Geta as Augustus. Sestertius; Geta as Augustus; 209-211 AD, Rome, 210 AD, Sestertius, 25.42g. BM-220, pl. 59.5 (same dies); C-148 (100 Fr.); RIC-159b (R3). Obv: IMP CAES P SEPT - GETA PIVS AVG Bust laureate r. with fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: [P]ONTIF TR P II COS [I]I S C Septimius, Caracalla, and Geta on platform, guarded by lictor standing before platform and holding fasces, addressing two soldiers who hold a standard and a legionary eagle; between the soldiers, head and forepart of horse. Very rare Adlocutio type referring to the imperial family's campaign in Britain against Scottish tribes, in the course of which Septimius fell ill and died at York in the year after this coin was struck (February 211 AD). From the Phil Peck Collection.Some obverse pitting. VF

Estimate: $1425
Question about this auction? Contact Harlan J. Berk Ltd.