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<p>[QUOTE="Windchild, post: 1665705, member: 44189"]I look the most like Geta, the Brother of Caracalla...</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm a bit younger than him, but it's as close as I can find </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/Windchild/20121214_RIC_0033.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>GETA. As Caesar, 198-209 AD. AV Aureus (7.14 g, 7h). Struck 207 AD. P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust left / PONTIF, COS in exergue, Bacchus and Ariadne seated left; herm behind, panther at feet of Bacchus; in background, Silenos, satyr, double-flute player, and two maenads. RIC IV 33; Calicó 2897 = Biaggi 1260 (same dies); BMCRE p. 243, *; Cohen -; O. Voetter, Sammlung Bachofen von Echt (Vienna, 1903), 1766; Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Naville III, 16 June 1922), lot 102; Kent & Hirmer 392 (this coin). Superb EF, underlying lustre, light scratch in exergue on reverse. Bold high-relief portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture and Definition from Wildwinds, wish I could afford it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Windchild, post: 1665705, member: 44189"]I look the most like Geta, the Brother of Caracalla... I'm a bit younger than him, but it's as close as I can find [IMG]http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/Windchild/20121214_RIC_0033.jpg[/IMG] GETA. As Caesar, 198-209 AD. AV Aureus (7.14 g, 7h). Struck 207 AD. P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust left / PONTIF, COS in exergue, Bacchus and Ariadne seated left; herm behind, panther at feet of Bacchus; in background, Silenos, satyr, double-flute player, and two maenads. RIC IV 33; Calicó 2897 = Biaggi 1260 (same dies); BMCRE p. 243, *; Cohen -; O. Voetter, Sammlung Bachofen von Echt (Vienna, 1903), 1766; Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Naville III, 16 June 1922), lot 102; Kent & Hirmer 392 (this coin). Superb EF, underlying lustre, light scratch in exergue on reverse. Bold high-relief portrait. Picture and Definition from Wildwinds, wish I could afford it ;) :([/QUOTE]
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