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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 25400782, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1626671[/ATTACH]</p><p>Geta, as, Rome 199-204. AE 25 mm, 9.97 g, 12 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT (Publius Septimius Geta Caesar and Pontifex), draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear</p><p>Rev.: DI PATRII (<i>Gods of my fathers</i>), Liber Pater standing right holding jug and thyrsus, panther at his feet, facing Hercules standing left holding lion-skin and resting on club</p><p>RIC IV Geta 117 (as)</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. In 198 his elder brother Antoninus (AKA Caracalla) was made Augustus by his father, and Geta made Caesar and co-opted in the <i>collegium </i>of pontiffs at the age of 8. Septimius Severus was from Leptis Magna in Africa (today in Libya, not far from Tripoli), and the tutelary gods of this city were the Phoenician deities Shadrafa and Milkashtart, whose Roman interpretations were Liber Pater and Hercules. Being a pious man, Septimius Severus remained a worshiper of his home city gods, and several coins minted in Rome under his reign featured this divine pair called in Latin &quot;<i>Dii Patrii</i>&quot;, &quot;<i>Gods of my fathers</i>&quot;. They were specially honoured during the Secular Games he celebrated in 204.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this as, mostly for its elegant style. It may not be the better preserved one but it&#039;s the cutest I know AE portrait of Geta as a kid, and the reverse is also very elegant. It seems this coin is quite rare: according to RIC online there are only 2 in the core collections (1 in New York, another one in Wien) and there was just one other example on the market recorded in ACSearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Geta, Roman or provincial...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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