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Nicaea AE18 Varbanov 2782 of Geta

Geta AE18 of Nicaea, Bithynia. P CEPTI GETAC KAI, bare head right / NIKAEWN, infant Dionysos in cradle right, thyrsus behind.

Lot No.2521. gFine.

$ 75.

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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.