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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2815466, member: 31620&quot;]As i say. I don&#039;t normally buy Roman Provincials. This is for a varierty of reasons. I simply don&#039;t know enough. I know that there are masses of interesting types out there with varieties of busts, interesting reverse type etc. etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every now and again I see something that catches my eye. In this case it was the confronted portraits of these two Severan brothers. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s anything special but there is something about it that means that I was drawn back to it a few times until I gave in and bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla and Geta, AE27, Markianopolis </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:- AY K M AY ANTWNINOC AY K P CEP, GETAC in exergue, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right confronting laureate and draped bust of Geta left;</p><p>Rev:- Y FL OYLPIANOY MAPKIANOPOLITWN, Concordia standing slightly left, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, E (mark of value) lower left;</p><p>Minted in Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria). Consular Legate Flavius Ulpianus, 210 - 211 A.D</p><p>Reference:– Varbanov (Engl.) 1083</p><p><br /></p><p>27.33 mm. 11.74 gms. 0 degrees. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/GI_066n_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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