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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 702

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 750 USD
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.53 g, 1h). Struck AD 209. Bareheaded and draped bust right, wearing light beard / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur & Amandry Group III, 43; McAlee, Severan –; Prieur 1158. Lustrous, a few scratches, reverse slightly off center. Near EF. Rare. Only one cited by Prieur, several in CoinArchives.

This is the only bearded portrait of Geta as Caesar issued at Laodicea, certainly struck shortly before he became Augustus late in AD 209. All known coins are struck with the same obverse die.
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