Watch List notes:

CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. Tridrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 9.15 g, 12 h), RY 16 of Septimius Severus = 207/8. •Λ•CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC KAI Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right, seen from behind. Rev. MHTPOΠ KAICAPI NЄΩKO / ЄT Ις Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios, radiate, standing front, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter in his left. Ganschow 640d. Sydenham -. Very rare. Nicely toned and with a particularly detailed rendering of Mount Argaios. Very light doubling and with a thin flan crack, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Bern FPL 10, June 1973, 126.