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LOT 3402
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-200. Rome mint.
L • SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / SEVERI PII AVG FIL, priestly implements: lituus, knife, jug, simpulum, aspergillum. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 147 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 188. Very Fine.(3.13gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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