Geta as Caesar. Denarius

Geta as Caesar; 198-209 AD, Rome, c. 199 AD, Denarius, 3.03g. BMC-p. 182, note 149, citing C-195 (Paris). Obv: L SEPT GETA - CAES PONT Bare-headed, draped bust r. Rx: SPES - PVBLICA on l. and r., Spes walking l., holding flower and raising skirt. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Ron Bude, July 2000, c. 2000. This rare transitional obverse legend of Geta, represented by only one denarius in the Reka Devnia hoard, was mistakenly dismissed as an "engraver's error or Eastern" in the second edition of BMC V.. MS