Sardeis (AD 209-212) AE 43 - Geta

Geta. 209-211 AD. AE43 - Medallion (41.33g, 5h). Admitos, strategos for the third time. • AVTOK • KAI • Π • CЄΠ ΓЄTAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI • CTPA • AΔMHTOV • Γ •, CAPΔIANΩN/• B • NЄΩKOPΩ/N, Geta and Caracalla on horseback left, each with right hand raised, about to trample two bound captives, their shields thrown on groundline below horses. Near EF, green-brown patina.

A particularly bold portrait of a mature Geta. The same obverse die was used to strike very rare “homonoia” medallions commemorating an alliance between Sardis and Ephesus (Franke & Nollé 1840).