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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7809611, member: 99456&quot;][USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER], a great furrowed brow Caracalla and the Markianopolis face-off coin is priceless in my view. Here&#039;s a favorite Geta from Nicean games of Severus celebrating the royal family if not more specifically the elevation of Caracalla and Geta to Augustus and Caesar. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341411[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Geta, as Caesar</b>, Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 198-209</p><p><b>Obv:</b> [ΓЄTAC] KAICAP, bare-headed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> NIKAIЄΩN, prize crown containing single palm branch</p><p><b>Size:</b> 17mm., 2.55g</p><p><b>Ref:</b><a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=11899" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=11899" rel="nofollow">AsiaMinorCoins 11899</a>; missing from RPC online?</p><p><b>Notes:</b> <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/games-of-brotherly-love" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/games-of-brotherly-love" rel="nofollow">more on this coin here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and a pair of coins from Caracalla - to add to the entertaining movie script from [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341413[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla as Caesar,</b> AD 196-198, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 196-198</p><p><b>Obv:</b> M AVR ANTON-CAES PONTIF, bare headed, draped bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind</p><p><b>Rev:</b> [DESTINATO IMPERAT], priestly implements: lituus, apex, bucranium, simpulum </p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.6" rel="nofollow">IV 6</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla as Caesar</b>, AD 196-198, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 196</p><p><b>Obv:</b> M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> SEVERI AVG PII FIL, Priestly implements: lituus, cultellus, capis, simpulum, and aspergillum</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.4" rel="nofollow">IV 4</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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