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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2509441, member: 73473&quot;]Picked this little gem up earlier this summer from Ken Dorney.</p><p>I always wanted a coin of Geta, don&#039;t ask me why!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>When I first read about Geta and his murder by his brother I naturally assumed that he was a noble young man who was killed by his big bad brother. Well the truth is he was just as bad as Caracalla, though he was loved by the legionaries more than Caracalla was. I&#039;ve heard that if Caracalla hadn&#039;t killed Geta then Geta would have killed him eventually. Whether Geta would have purged his dead brother&#039;s associates is pure speculation though.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533453[/ATTACH] </p><p>Geta, as Caesar, 198 - 209 AD</p><p>Silver Denarius, Rome Mint, 20mm, 3.254 grams</p><p>Obverse: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, Draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right.</p><p>Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopia.</p><p>RIC9a</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Geta&#039;s or your coins of Caesars(junior Emperors)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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