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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4975598, member: 85693"]Nice coin at a good price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Minerva reverse type for a young Caracalla - I have attributed it to the</p><p>"Laodicea ad Mare" mint based on the portrait, but I could be wrong (Rome would be RIC 25b). It is pretty heavy for a denarius of that era, so maybe it is a fake. Or it has .5 grams of crud adhering to it. I don't know. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195637[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla (as Caesar) Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 196-197 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Laodicea ad Mare Mint (?)</b></p><p>IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MINER VICTRIX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory & spear, shield to left, trophy to right.</p><p>RIC 336b; RSC 159.</p><p>(3.63 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's Geta with a PONTIF reverse,</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195638[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Geta (as Caesar) Denarius</b></p><p><b>(209 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed, draped bust right / PONTIF COS II, Geta, veiled, standing left with short sceptre, sacrificing over tripod.</p><p>RIC 62b; RSC 119; Sear 7189.</p><p>(3.25 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4975598, member: 85693"]Nice coin at a good price. Here's a Minerva reverse type for a young Caracalla - I have attributed it to the "Laodicea ad Mare" mint based on the portrait, but I could be wrong (Rome would be RIC 25b). It is pretty heavy for a denarius of that era, so maybe it is a fake. Or it has .5 grams of crud adhering to it. I don't know. [ATTACH=full]1195637[/ATTACH] [B]Caracalla (as Caesar) Denarius (c. 196-197 A.D.) Laodicea ad Mare Mint (?)[/B] IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MINER VICTRIX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory & spear, shield to left, trophy to right. RIC 336b; RSC 159. (3.63 grams / 18 mm) Here's Geta with a PONTIF reverse, [ATTACH=full]1195638[/ATTACH] [B]Geta (as Caesar) Denarius (209 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed, draped bust right / PONTIF COS II, Geta, veiled, standing left with short sceptre, sacrificing over tripod. RIC 62b; RSC 119; Sear 7189. (3.25 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]
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