Geta Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 209-211. P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / FORT RED TR P III COS II P P, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopiae, wheel under chair; SC in exergue. RIC 168a; Banti 20 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 40-2. 28.14g, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; hairline flan crack, attractive patina.
Ex Gemini LLC, Auction III, 9 January 2007, lot 425 (hammer: $6,000);
Ex H. C. Levis Collection, Ars Classica S.A., Auction XI, 18 June 1925, lot 761.
This reverse type commemorates the return of Caracalla and Geta from Britain to Rome after Septimius' death at York on 4 February AD 211.