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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3717847, member: 96898"]This one isn't particularly pretty, but here is my favourite example of sloppy provincial engraving. The type exists for both Geta and Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>On this coin, the legend starts with a Π (for <b>P</b>ublius Septimius Geta) and thus indicates Geta, whose legends comparable coins reads Π CEPTI GETAC KAI or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, the legend ends with a final ANTONEI for Marcus Aurelius Severus <b>Antoni</b>nus, better known as Caracalla. His legend on coins of Pautalia tends to be something along the lines AVT K M A ANTΩNEI or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that the engraver started to engrave a Geta legend, recognized his mistake after the first letter, and decided to simply continue with the correct Caracalla legend...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]996567[/ATTACH] </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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3717847, member: 96898"]This one isn't particularly pretty, but here is my favourite example of sloppy provincial engraving. The type exists for both Geta and Caracalla. On this coin, the legend starts with a Π (for [B]P[/B]ublius Septimius Geta) and thus indicates Geta, whose legends comparable coins reads Π CEPTI GETAC KAI or similar. Yet, the legend ends with a final ANTONEI for Marcus Aurelius Severus [B]Antoni[/B]nus, better known as Caracalla. His legend on coins of Pautalia tends to be something along the lines AVT K M A ANTΩNEI or similar. I suspect that the engraver started to engrave a Geta legend, recognized his mistake after the first letter, and decided to simply continue with the correct Caracalla legend... [ATTACH=full]996567[/ATTACH] [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.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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