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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2976804, member: 36818&quot;]Here are what I consider to be the most naturalistic portraits of the adult Caracalla and Geta that I have in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731615[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome mint, struck 210–1 CE; 3.69g. BMCRE SG105–7, CRB 69, Hill 1142 (S2), RIC 231, RSC 632. Obv: ANTONINVS – PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: VICTO – RIAE BRIT; Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Commemorates victories declared in Britain. Scarce; fewer than thirty specimens in twenty-six hoards studied by P.V. Hill (thirteen in Reka Devnia [nine in Sofia, the four Caracalla VICTORIAE BRIT denarii in Varna seem to have the wrong Cohen numbers]). EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex Curtis L. Clay Collection (Chicago)</i></p><p><i>ex Mario Ratto (Milan), acquired by C.L. Clay in March 1967</i></p><p><i>ex Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (Turin)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Reference:</u></p><p>Ing. G. Mazzini, <i>Moneta Imperiali Romane</i>, ed. Mario Ratto (Milan, 1957–8), vol. 3, pl. 37 (this coin illustrated).</p><p><br /></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>[ATTACH=full]731616[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Geta. </b>AR denarius, Rome mint, struck 210 CE; 19mm, 3.11g, 6h; BMCRE —, CRB —, Hill —, RIC —, RSC —. Obv: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT; man’s laureate head right, bearded. Rx: VICTORI–AE BRIT; Victory seated left on shields, holding shield on right knee and palm. Commemorates victories declared in Britain. Very rare mule; CNG states, “this reverse type is unknown on coins of Geta. It is known, however, for aurei of Caracalla (RIC IV 174). As the reverse die is worn, it is possible that the minters felt the die was too deteriorated to continue producing aurei, but sufficient for striking denarii.” According to Curtis Clay, “only one other is known to me, in my collection, from different dies, much less fine, ex G&amp;N, eBay, 19 March 2011.”</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex Dr. J.S. Vogelaar Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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