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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4305229, member: 81887&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin I just acquired from a fellow CoinTalk member:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095387[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Empire.&nbsp; Thrace, Pautalia.&nbsp; AE 30 (17.1 g).&nbsp; Geta, as Augustus (209-211).&nbsp; Obverse: Laureate head of Geta right, Greek legend around &quot;Aut K P Septi Getas&quot;.&nbsp; Reverse: Asklepios standing, head left, right hand resting on staff with single entwined serpent, Greek legend around &quot;Oulpias Pautalias&quot;.&nbsp; Varbanov 5334, Ruzicka 878.&nbsp; This coin: Won from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] latest auction, ex [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta was born in 189, the younger son of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211), and he frequently quarreled with his older brother Caracalla.&nbsp; While Caracalla was only a year older, their father raised him to the rank of co-Augustus in 198, which was presumably a largely honorary title given that Caracalla was just 10 at the time.&nbsp; He did not grant the same title to his younger son, however, until 209, which must surely have rankled Geta.&nbsp; On February 4, 211, Septimius Severus died, leaving the empire jointly to his two sons.&nbsp; Their quarreling intensified, and only their mother Julia Domna could make temporary peace between them.&nbsp; On December 26 of 211, their mother arranged a reconciliation meeting between the two co-emperors.&nbsp; However, the Praetorian Guards, probably acting on orders from Caracalla, stabbed Geta to death, and he died in his mother&#039;s arms.&nbsp; Caracalla then ordered a damnatio memoriae against his brother, and records were destroyed, coins and statues defaced, and a reported 20,000 of Geta&#039;s associates and followers were killed.</p><p><br /></p><p>While Geta&#039;s story is both fascinating and tragic, I bought this coin mainly for the reverse type.&nbsp; Asklepios was a god of medicine and healing, which is something the world needs a lot of right now.&nbsp; Please share your coins with Asklepios or other healing-related designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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