ale: Triton IX, Lot: 1527. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  	Estimate $4000 Sold For $5500
GETA. 209-212 AD. AV Aureus (7.27 g, 7h). Struck 209 AD. IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / CONCORDIAE AVGG, Caracalla and Geta, each in military attire and holding spear in their left hand, clasping right hands. RIC IV 73b; Calicó 2876 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 360, † note; Cohen -. VF, minor marks around edge. Very rare. ($4000)

Struck in celebration of Geta's elevation to Augustus, and the (hope of) concord between the two sons, now co-equals, of Septimius.

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