I made a offer on this one last night and seller accepted. It was listed at $60 and I picked it up for $39. I know its a easy coin to get, but it had some nice details.
That’s a nice coin at a good price! It’s amazing isn’t it that you can buy nearly 2000 year old Roman silver(ish sometimes) coins for so little. What a hobby!
Good condition geta coins usually run for proportionally more. $49 seems pretty good to me for a nice generous
@hotwheelsearl is dead on; Geta had a short reign (offed by his brother and co-emperor, Caracalla), and his stuff is that much less common than a lot of his contemporaries.
To add some more Geta to this thread... here's my best coin of him as Augustus captured for a mere $33.50. This coin was struck in 211 before word of the death of Septimius Severus in York on 4 Feb. 211 reached Rome (So Jan - Feb 211) Geta Obv:– P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, Laureate head right Rev:– FID EXERC TR P III COS II, Fides standing left, holding standard and legionary eagle, st side a second standard Minted in Rome. A.D. 211 Reference(s) – BMC p. 377, 116/117. RIC 74a (Rare). RSC 50.
@Orange Julius, that's a terrific example. The contrast with the increasingly menacing profiles of Caracalla is pretty dramatic. At least by contrast, this looks like somebody you could have had as a next-door neighbor.
@Everett Guy ...Nice coin!.....Good price....I suspect it will look better in hand. I have one minted a couple of years before the OP coin. Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. Rome, AD 203-208.( Minted AD 205 ) Ob- GETA CAES PONT COS, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev- VOTA PVBLICA, Geta standing left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod & holding roll. RIC 38b. 3.57g, 14mm, 7h.
Nice coin at a good price. Here's a Minerva reverse type for a young Caracalla - I have attributed it to the "Laodicea ad Mare" mint based on the portrait, but I could be wrong (Rome would be RIC 25b). It is pretty heavy for a denarius of that era, so maybe it is a fake. Or it has .5 grams of crud adhering to it. I don't know. Caracalla (as Caesar) Denarius (c. 196-197 A.D.) Laodicea ad Mare Mint (?) IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MINER VICTRIX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory & spear, shield to left, trophy to right. RIC 336b; RSC 159. (3.63 grams / 18 mm) Here's Geta with a PONTIF reverse, Geta (as Caesar) Denarius (209 A.D.) Rome Mint P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed, draped bust right / PONTIF COS II, Geta, veiled, standing left with short sceptre, sacrificing over tripod. RIC 62b; RSC 119; Sear 7189. (3.25 grams / 20 mm)