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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4179147, member: 97383"]Salaethus, No doubt about it, the portrait on your Geta sestertius could pass for Septimius Severus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I only have one coin with a fully bearded Geta that I posted a number of times but will post again to compare with yours. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075149[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Geta as Augustus, AD 209-212, Antioch Mint: AR tetradrachm, 14.45 gm, 26 mm, McAlee 719.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>A book I think you would enjoy is pictured below, it was an interesting & fast read. The copy I bought is a 1988 reprint of the 1972 1st edition. The book is 290 pp. & has just a few black & white illustrations. Anthony Birley was a professor of ancient history at the University of Manchester. This book doesn't make any of the ridiculous claims often seen on the internet that Severus was a negro. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4179147, member: 97383"]Salaethus, No doubt about it, the portrait on your Geta sestertius could pass for Septimius Severus ;). I only have one coin with a fully bearded Geta that I posted a number of times but will post again to compare with yours. [ATTACH=full]1075149[/ATTACH] [B]Geta as Augustus, AD 209-212, Antioch Mint: AR tetradrachm, 14.45 gm, 26 mm, McAlee 719. [/B] A book I think you would enjoy is pictured below, it was an interesting & fast read. The copy I bought is a 1988 reprint of the 1972 1st edition. The book is 290 pp. & has just a few black & white illustrations. Anthony Birley was a professor of ancient history at the University of Manchester. This book doesn't make any of the ridiculous claims often seen on the internet that Severus was a negro. [ATTACH=full]1075154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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