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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4185640, member: 89514"]I'm not sure whether the VOTA PVBLICA type of 211 was struck c. March 211, commemorating vows undertaken at Rome for the new joint reign, though both Caracalla and Geta were already Augusti, so their rank hadn't changed; or towards the end of the year, looking ahead to the regular Public Vows of 1 and 3 Jan. 212.</p><p> </p><p>Geta's VOTA PVBLICA type shares an obv. die with his very rare TR P IIII Elephant type on both the unique sestertius and on asses. That suggests production of the VOTA PVBLICA type late in 211, but not conclusively, since dies could remain in use for spans of a couple of months and more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4185640, member: 89514"]I'm not sure whether the VOTA PVBLICA type of 211 was struck c. March 211, commemorating vows undertaken at Rome for the new joint reign, though both Caracalla and Geta were already Augusti, so their rank hadn't changed; or towards the end of the year, looking ahead to the regular Public Vows of 1 and 3 Jan. 212. Geta's VOTA PVBLICA type shares an obv. die with his very rare TR P IIII Elephant type on both the unique sestertius and on asses. That suggests production of the VOTA PVBLICA type late in 211, but not conclusively, since dies could remain in use for spans of a couple of months and more.[/QUOTE]
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