Ancients => Geta-Geta-Geta-Getaway!! (3rd Wagon-Coin)

Amazingly, I didn't have a Geta ... so when I saw this lil' beauty, I decided

=> man, I'm gonna Geta-On-board!!

Geta. As Caesar, AR Denarius
AD 198-209
Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 199-204
Rome mint
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.36 grams
Obverse: Bareheaded and draped bust right
Reverse: Castor standing slightly left before horse, holding bridle and scepter
Reference: RIC IV 6; RSC 12
Other: 6h … VF, light porosity





..... naaayyyy!!

Hay, please post your Geta coins!!

Thanks fellas (gang)

 

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I hear ya Steve. I only have a poor bronze of Geta.

 

whip it out!!

 

My poor geta, he gets tired of being posted so often.

Never had the desire to buy the child/teen portrait of him or his screwed up bro.


AR Denarius
O: IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG, Laureate head right.
R: PONTIF TR P COS II, Geta on horseback riding left, spearing enemy beneath.
Rome. A.D. 209
2.7g
18.5mm
BMC p. 359 17. RIC 68 (Rated Rare), RSC 13

 

'GET YER GETA'S OUT!'




Hey gang => please post your Geta coins!!

 

Very cool Jerry. Nice detail.

Here are two of mine:

 

Whipping -

 

Great Coin Steve!

Castor was the mortal twin of the Gemini (Dioscuri), his twin being Pollux, who was born a god.


He was the son of Tyndareus, and his twin was the son of Zeus.

Their mother was Leda, Queen of Sparta, who was also the mother of Helen (of Troy fame) and Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon.


Upon Castor's death, he was made a god because of Pollux's insistence and through some other events.

They are most famous for being the Gemini Constellation, which is what they became after Castor became a god.

 

Great coins, comrades ... oh and nice myth-info, W-Dawg!! (thanks ... very cool)

 

I think this is my Geta...

 

No Geta for this guy yet but you all have some pretty awesome examples! There are too many 'must-haves' to get before Geta for me!

 

Another great addition

I need to get a better shot of mine

 

Neither of my Getas are pretty but they are both somewhat rare. RIC rates both simply R but I believe the as is more so.

 

I dont have Geta yet, nice catch steve!

 

very cool

 

=> seriously? ... man, this Roman Ruler stuff is certainly more interesting than "today's reality TV shows", eh?

 

I picked up this Geta last month while on vacation at Lake Tahoe. I bought it in Carson City of all places. Right across from the old CC mint building is a coin shop called Northern Nevada Coin.
Actually I was quite impressed with their selection of ancients. They had quite a selection for an outfit that bills itself as more of a "Wild West" oriented LCS and prime purveyor of CC mint Morgan Dollars.


Geta; AD 209-212;
AR Denarius; 20mm/3.3g
OBV: P SEPTIMVS GETA CAES; Draped bust right
REV: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing L, holding wand over globe and scepter
(RIC IV 51)

 

Here is the favourite of my Getas..... another RIC 68 like Mat's coin above

 

Greek coin (circa 400BC) of Castor and Pollux of mine -

 

Love the reverse on your Geta Steve. Awesome, man.