Picked up a nice Geta denarius the other day... Attribution: RIC 78a (RIC IV, Part I) Date: 211 AD, Minted in Rome Obverse: P SEPT GETA-PIVS AVG BRIT, Laureate head right Reverse: PONTIF TR P-III COS II, Felicitas standing facing, head left, cornucopiae in right hand, vertical long caduceus in left Size: 17mm x 20mm Weight: 3.25 grams more about Geta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Septimius_Geta
Just an FYI, photos are courtesy of Beast Coins the dealer I got it from. Here's an different pic of the same coin from when it sold at auction about a year & a half ago...
GREAT! So often you see his boy portrait, you forget he was a young adult when his brother killed him...great later portrait. Even his young adult portraits arent as mean looking as Caracalla...though I know Geta was not an innocent, he just wasnt as quick at it as his brother. Great coin BTW...beastcoins is one of the best...I love his auctions on Vcoins...best auctions on that site IMO.
