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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24781098, member: 128351&quot;]North Africa, he said...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585455[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta as Caesar, AE as, Rome mint</p><p>Obv.: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, draped bust right</p><p>Rev.: DI PATRII, Liber Pater holding thyrsus, panther at feet, standing right, facing Hercules resting on club and holding lion-skin, standing left. Exergue S C.</p><p><br /></p><p>The association of Hercules and Liber Pater was the <i>interpretatio Romana</i> of the association of the Punic gods Melqart (Hercules) and Shadrafa (Liber Pater) worshipped at Leptis Magna, Africa. This is why they are called on this Roman coin the &quot;<i>Di patrii</i>&quot;, the gods of his fathers: this branch of the Septimia family was from Leptis Magna, where Geta&#039;s father Septimius Severus was born.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next : an as from the Rome mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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