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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 5188238, member: 91820&quot;][ATTACH=full]1213853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1213854[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta Dupondius 12.76 grams, 25mm</p><p>Obverse inscription:&nbsp; P SEPT GETA PIUS AVG BRIT</p><p>Reverse Inscription:&nbsp;&nbsp; FORT RED TRP III COS II</p><p>Unlisted but would be near RIC 173</p><p><br /></p><p>In 20 years of&nbsp; buying, selling and collecting ancient coins I have come across few truly &quot;unlisted&quot; pre-268 AD imperial coins (around the last year of the traditional sestertius) - that is, a coin type completely missed by the authors of RIC. What I mean by unlisted is a type completely out of the books, not a coin with a slight difference on inscription, or a different bust style. About five years or so ago Numismatik Naumann posted for sale a completely unknown sestertius of Caracalla (price was WAY out of my league).&nbsp; I can&#039;t think of another example, but there have been others - but all in all the authors of RIC were pretty comprehensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin I want to discuss is very much a known type, not only for Geta, but for his brother Caracalla as well.&nbsp; It was struck in 211, and presumably celebrates the successful conclusion of the British expedition. </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC does list the same type with the inscription, P SEPTIMIUS GETA PIUS AVG BRIT on the obverse and&nbsp; FORT RED TRP III COS II PP. Are these differences significant? Probably not. But it is an interesting coin that was purchased on ebay for $80 during that magical period of the early 2000&#039;s when ebay was a major selling place for ancient coins, and it was a buyer&#039;s market. I wish someone would write about this period, and tell me where all those coins went.&nbsp; I recall going to the New York show in 2003 or maybe 2004, and seeing enormous quantities of imperial folles (folli?), and bag after bag of other types - Greek, Roman etc. That was around the first year of the Moneta bulletin board and there was so much enthusiasm for collecting ancients. But I digress.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a number of other coins I want to post so I will end this here.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I looked for the Naumann coin, which showed, among other things, a sacrificial scene, on ACSEARCH, and could not find it - perhaps it was not genuine?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to once more mention Doug Smith&#039;s excellent article on unlisted coins on the FORUM site.&nbsp; It is worth mentioning again that Mr. Smith&#039;s articles on ancient coins are the best introduction to the hobby, and an excellent resource. I go back to them again and again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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