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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3211821, member: 82549"]A couple first-year issues:</p><p>First is a denarius of Geta from 198-200 A.D. Why, exactly, Septimius Severus wanted to advertise that his Caesar was a nine-year-old boy is beyond me, although I am reminded of one of Kinky Friedman's ads when he ran for governor of Texas ("How hard can it be?"). Plus, Geta at the time was probably better qualified for office than Caligula's horse, (although Incitatus was appointed a mere Senator, not Caesar) . . . um, what was I talking about? Oh yeah! the Geta denarius:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Severans/Geta.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Silver Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 198-200</p><p>Obv: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES</p><p>Rev: SPES PVBLICA - Spes, advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt</p><p>RIC 4</p><p>18mm, 3.4g.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a Gordian III first-year antoninianus. Notice the huge difference in the quality of the obverse and reverse strikes, hard to believe they are the same coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]834162[/ATTACH]</p><p>Silver Double Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 238-239</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVG - Victory, advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch.</p><p>RIC 5</p><p>23mm, 3.6g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3211821, member: 82549"]A couple first-year issues: First is a denarius of Geta from 198-200 A.D. Why, exactly, Septimius Severus wanted to advertise that his Caesar was a nine-year-old boy is beyond me, although I am reminded of one of Kinky Friedman's ads when he ran for governor of Texas ("How hard can it be?"). Plus, Geta at the time was probably better qualified for office than Caligula's horse, (although Incitatus was appointed a mere Senator, not Caesar) . . . um, what was I talking about? Oh yeah! the Geta denarius: [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/Severans/Geta.jpg[/IMG] Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 198-200 Obv: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES Rev: SPES PVBLICA - Spes, advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt RIC 4 18mm, 3.4g. And a Gordian III first-year antoninianus. Notice the huge difference in the quality of the obverse and reverse strikes, hard to believe they are the same coin: [ATTACH=full]834162[/ATTACH] Silver Double Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 238-239 Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Rev: VICTORIA AVG - Victory, advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 5 23mm, 3.6g.[/QUOTE]
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