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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 4062426, member: 4298"]A beautiful Geta tetradrachm for sure</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two Geta's. I once got an email from Michel Prieur telling, about the one from Laodicaea, he thought the scratch you see across Geta's throat might very well be a sign of his <i>Damnatio memoriae</i>...</p><p>It was very kind of him, because it would dramatically increase the interest for the coin, but I'd rather think it's just what it is : a scratch across the throat</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0200-420np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Geta, Tetradrachm </b> - Antioch AD 208</p><p>AYT KAI GETAC . laureate head right</p><p>DHMAPX EXVPA TO B, eagle standing facing on leg an thigh, head right, holding wreath in beak</p><p>13,40 gr</p><p>Ref : Prieur #209_006 (same obverse die)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0200-410np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Geta, Tetradrachm </b>- Laodicaea, AD 208-209</p><p>KAICAP GETAC, Bare head of Geta right</p><p>YTTA-TOC TO B, Eagle facing, head turned on the left, holding wreath in beak, star between legs</p><p>13,73 gr</p><p>Ref : Prieur #1157_012</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 4062426, member: 4298"]A beautiful Geta tetradrachm for sure Here are my two Geta's. I once got an email from Michel Prieur telling, about the one from Laodicaea, he thought the scratch you see across Geta's throat might very well be a sign of his [I]Damnatio memoriae[/I]... It was very kind of him, because it would dramatically increase the interest for the coin, but I'd rather think it's just what it is : a scratch across the throat [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0200-420np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Geta, Tetradrachm [/B] - Antioch AD 208 AYT KAI GETAC . laureate head right DHMAPX EXVPA TO B, eagle standing facing on leg an thigh, head right, holding wreath in beak 13,40 gr Ref : Prieur #209_006 (same obverse die) [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0200-410np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Geta, Tetradrachm [/B]- Laodicaea, AD 208-209 KAICAP GETAC, Bare head of Geta right YTTA-TOC TO B, Eagle facing, head turned on the left, holding wreath in beak, star between legs 13,73 gr Ref : Prieur #1157_012 Q[/QUOTE]
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