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RIC 171b of Geta

Geta AE Sestertius. 211 AD. P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate bust right, draped far shoulder / TR P III COS II P P, Italia seated left holding scepter & cornucopiae, figure on ground left, river god reclining right below seat, SC in ex.

Lot No.3589. nVF/gFine and rated Rare by RIC. 31mm.

$ 275.

Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus and was Caesar from 198 until 209 AD, then co-augustus with his father and brother Caracalla until Septimius' death in 211 AD. Caracalla was ultimately unwilling to share power, and had Geta and thousands of his followers murdered in 212.