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Lot 198

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Geta as Caesar. Denarius; Geta as Caesar; 198-209 AD, Rome, 203 AD, Denarius, 3.39g. BM-216, C-12 (10 Fr.), RIC-6. Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT Bare-headed, draped bust r. Rx: CASTOR Castor, naked apart from cloak falling from his shoulders, standing l. beside horse whose reins he holds with his r. hand, while also holding a slanting scepter in his l. hand. From the Philip Ashton Collection, ex Berk 111, 28 October 1999, lot 306. Unusual and scarce type: only 20 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. The unbroken obverse legend is also noteworthy; usually it is broken GETA - CAES.Reverse softly struck. EF
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