R1442 -
ROMAN BRITAIN,
Geta as Augustus under Septimius Severus and with
Caracalla (A.D. 209-211), AE As, 10.70g., Rome mint, A.D. 209,
diademed head of Geta right, IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG, rev.,
PONTIF TR P COS II, SC in ex, Mars standing left, crowning trophy and
resting hand on shield, spear resting against left arm, (RIC 152), fair –
fine with the salient features discernible. $95
SOLD
Struck at the start of the Severan campaigns in Northern Britain, Mars and
the captured trophy of arms no doubt elude to the promise of Victory against
the Pictish tribes.
