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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4799630, member: 91461"]What an amazing provincial coin to be made at the very end of the meteoric rise of a young man who had all the earmarks of a capable and popular ruler.</p><p>And to be made shortly before a time that Caracalla would completely destroy provinces that showed favor to Geta.</p><p>Best I can offer is a shabby but historically very interesting coin of the two:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165623[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla and Geta</p><p> Æ27 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-211. AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC AY K Π C ΓETAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, facing laureate and draped bust of Geta left / Y +Λ OYΛΠIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; lighted altar and Є (mark of value) to left, eagle above dolphin to right. H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.20.38.1-2; Varbanov 1085 (same obv. die as illustration). 11 gr, 27mm, 1h.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the famous Freddie Mercury w\vacume reverse...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165627[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4799630, member: 91461"]What an amazing provincial coin to be made at the very end of the meteoric rise of a young man who had all the earmarks of a capable and popular ruler. And to be made shortly before a time that Caracalla would completely destroy provinces that showed favor to Geta. Best I can offer is a shabby but historically very interesting coin of the two: [ATTACH=full]1165623[/ATTACH] Caracalla and Geta Æ27 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-211. AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC AY K Π C ΓETAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, facing laureate and draped bust of Geta left / Y +Λ OYΛΠIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; lighted altar and Є (mark of value) to left, eagle above dolphin to right. H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.20.38.1-2; Varbanov 1085 (same obv. die as illustration). 11 gr, 27mm, 1h. With the famous Freddie Mercury w\vacume reverse... [ATTACH=full]1165627[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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