★ Provincial Geta ★

MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.58 g, 1 h), struck under the consular legate, Aurelius Gallus, 201/2. [ΛΟΥ CΕΠ] ΓΕΤΑC Κ Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right. Rev. Y AY ΓΑΛΛ[OY MAPK]IANOΠΟΛITΩN Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding kantharos in right hand, thyrsos in left. H&J 6.22.8.2. Varbanov 1090. Dark green patina. Very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Majestic in November 1999 (inv. no. 690615).