TROAS. Dardanus. Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. Assarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.29 g, 6 h). Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC KAI Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΔΑΡΔΑΝΙΩΝ Ganymede advancing left, head to right, holding pedum in his left hand and being carried away by Zeus, behind him, in the form of an eagle. BMC 28. SNG München 187 var. (obverse legend). SNG von Aulock 1507 var. (obverse legend). Rare and with an interesting reverse type. Minor deposits and some spots of corrosion and with light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.



Ganymede, in Greek mythology, was a beautiful Trojan prince who was abducted by Zeus to serve as the cupbearer to the gods, symbolizing youth and divine favor. Dardanos itself traces its origins to its eponymous founder, Dardanos, a son of Zeus and Electra, and the ancestor of the Dardanians and the Trojans who descended from them, and thus through Aeneas also of the Romans.