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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7797438, member: 83845"]Great coins [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER] ! Fun thread as well.  Here are two denarii of Geta and Caracalla respectively. [ATTACH=full]1338836[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireGeta as CaesarAR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 198-200Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 2.33 gObv.: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES. Bareheaded and draped bust right.Rev.: FELICITAS TEMPOR. Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia.Ref.: RIC IVa 2Ex AMCC 1 (Dec. 1, 2018) [ATTACH=full]1338837[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1338838[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireCaracallaAR denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 206Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 3.18 gObv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; Laureate head rightRev.: PONTIF TR P VIIII COS II; Mars in military dress standing left, right hand resting on shield, left hand holding spearRef.: RIC IV 83Ex Otto Helbing Nachf. 86 (Nov. 25, 1942); Ex Gorney & Mosch Auction 241, lot 3068 (Oct. 12, 2016); Ex arnoldoe Collection Here are a couple of my favorite Caracallas.[ATTACH=full]1338839[/ATTACH]Galatia, AncyraCaracalla (AD 198-217)AE Tetrassarion, Ancyra mint, struck after AD 212Dia.: 28 mmWt.: 16.59 gObv.: ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTO-C; Laureate head of Caracalla rightRev.: MHTPOΠOΛEΩC ANKYPAC •; Octastyle temple with shield in pedimentRef.: BMC 33 var Ex Lanz 163, 7 December 2016, 378 [ATTACH=full]1338840[/ATTACH]PHOENICIA, Berytus.Caracalla (AD 197-217)AR Tetradrachm, Berytus mint, struck AD 215-217.Dia.: 28 mmWt.: 13.0 gObv.: AVT KAI ANTWNINOC CЄB; Laureate bust right.Rev.: ΔHMAPΧ EΞ YΠATO Δ; Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head left wreath in beak; between legs, prow left.Reference: Prieur 1292From the DePew Collection.[/QUOTE]

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