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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3362831, member: 96898"]It took me a second to see it – quite a wonderful coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my "Kevins":</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]891577[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, provincial AE issue of Pautalia in Thrace, ca. 211–217 (?). Obv: Π AV[T K M A or similar] ANTONEI, laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: OYΛΠIAC [ΠAYTAΛIAC], snake coiled on short column/altar. 17.5–21mm, 5.69g. Ref: Varbanov II, 4975 var. (legend); see also Ruzicka (1933), no. 758, 842, and 844.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>What's exceptional about this otherwise unremarkable coin is the obverse legend. The initial Π (for <b>P</b>ublius Septimius Geta) would indicate Geta; the legend on comparable coins reads Π CEPTI GETAC KAI or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, the same type also exists for Caracalla, and the final ANTONEI (for Marcus Aurelius Severus <b>Antoni</b>nus) suggests that this coin was minted for Caracalla. His full legend on coins of Pautalia tends to be something along the lines of AVT K M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC, and is often abbreviated as AVT K M A ANTΩNEI or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess is that the engraver started a legend for Geta beginning with Π, and then realized that he actually had to engrave a die for Caracalla, for example because the latter just had had his brother murdered. Thus, our resourceful celator simply continued with AV ... ANTONEI, effectively producing a hybrid legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3362831, member: 96898"]It took me a second to see it – quite a wonderful coin! Here is one of my "Kevins": [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]891577[/ATTACH] Caracalla, Roman Empire, provincial AE issue of Pautalia in Thrace, ca. 211–217 (?). Obv: Π AV[T K M A or similar] ANTONEI, laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: OYΛΠIAC [ΠAYTAΛIAC], snake coiled on short column/altar. 17.5–21mm, 5.69g. Ref: Varbanov II, 4975 var. (legend); see also Ruzicka (1933), no. 758, 842, and 844.[/SIZE] What's exceptional about this otherwise unremarkable coin is the obverse legend. The initial Π (for [B]P[/B]ublius Septimius Geta) would indicate Geta; the legend on comparable coins reads Π CEPTI GETAC KAI or similar. Yet, the same type also exists for Caracalla, and the final ANTONEI (for Marcus Aurelius Severus [B]Antoni[/B]nus) suggests that this coin was minted for Caracalla. His full legend on coins of Pautalia tends to be something along the lines of AVT K M AYΡH ANTΩNEINOC, and is often abbreviated as AVT K M A ANTΩNEI or similar. My best guess is that the engraver started a legend for Geta beginning with Π, and then realized that he actually had to engrave a die for Caracalla, for example because the latter just had had his brother murdered. Thus, our resourceful celator simply continued with AV ... ANTONEI, effectively producing a hybrid legend.[/QUOTE]
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