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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4845857, member: 57495&quot;]Dad and the boys...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169908[/ATTACH]<b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE29. 11.18g, 28.8mm. BITHYNIA, Prusias ad Hypium, circa AD 197/8. RecGen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Cop -; ISEGRIM -. O: ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΣΕΠΤΙ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ Π, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΕΙΣ ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟΥ-Σ Κ-ΥΡ-ΙΟΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ, Septimius Severus, in military attire, standing front, head to left, holding scepter in his left hand and clasping his right hand with Caracalla, on the left, standing right in miltary attire and holding scepter in his left; on the right, Geta, togate, standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and scroll (?) in his left.</p><p>Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and possibly unique. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mum and the boys...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169912[/ATTACH]<b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AE Dupondius. 14.06g, 26.1mm. Rome mint, AD 198. RIC 886 (R2); Cohen 159; BMC 793. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. R: PIETATI AVGVSTAE, Julia Domna standing facing between Geta and Caracalla, who hold a globe between them; Caracalla, togate, standing front, head to right, holding roll in his left hand; Geta standing front, in military attire, head to left, holding spear with his left hand; S C in exergue.&nbsp; </p><p><i>Ex G.G. Collection; ex Roma IV, 30 September 2012, lot 2795</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Play got rough, and Geta got erased...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169916[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with GETA]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, <i>prytanis</i>. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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