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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7994117, member: 83845&quot;]Great coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] !&nbsp; She certainly is a sympathetic figure based on what we know about her. I got outbid on both of the Plautila denarii I bid on this year. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Instead I will post a few of her brutal husband and his other famous murder victim, Geta.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386818[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386821[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Caracalla</font></p><p><font size="3">AR denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 206</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.18 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; Laureate head right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: PONTIF TR P VIIII COS II; Mars in military dress standing left, right hand resting on shield, left hand holding spear</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC IV 83</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Otto Helbing Nachf. 86 (Nov. 25, 1942); Ex Gorney &amp; Mosch Auction 241, lot 3068 (Oct. 12, 2016); Ex arnoldoe Collection</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386819[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">PHOENICIA, Berytus.</font></p><p><font size="3">Caracalla (AD 197-217)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Berytus mint, struck AD 215-217.</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 13.0 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: AVT KAI ANTWNINOC CЄB; Laureate bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΔHMAPΧ EΞ YΠATO Δ; Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head left wreath in beak; between legs, prow left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: Prieur 1292</font></p><p><font size="3">From the DePew Collection.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386820[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Geta as Caesar</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 198-200</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 2.33 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES. Bareheaded and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: FELICITAS TEMPOR. Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC IVa 2</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex AMCC 1 (Dec. 1, 2018)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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