Description
Rome, 210 AD. Æ sestertius, 20.9 gr., 30 mm.
Obv.: IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIUS AUG; laureate bust of Geta to the right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev.: PONTIF TR P II COS II; Caracalla and Geta standing to the left, each extending right hand and holding spear; to the right captive seated at Caracalla’s feet; to the right and behind the emperors stand three soldiers, each holding a signum; in exergue: [S C].
Ref.: RIC 157b; Banti 44; BMC 217.
Very rare (rated R3 in RIC). Dark green patina. Good Very Fine.
Stanley Gibbons FPL 14 (London 1977), lot 97; Stack’s Knobloch sale (New York 1980), lot 997; Harlan J. Berk BoB sale 138 (Chicago 2004), lot 448; CNG 335 (Lancaster PA, 2014), lot 518. From the JDW and Cope collections.
