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<p>[QUOTE="Nerva, post: 3277443, member: 87761"]On 26 December 211AD was murdered on orders of his younger brother and co-emperor Caracalla. They were both children of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. This coin of Septimius Severus shows the two kids together, signalling his dynastic aspirations.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865681[/ATTACH]</p><p>Images of Caracalla's detested brother were defaced in antiquity. This is an exceptionally rare ancient panel painting, now in Berlin. It was painted a little before 211, and after the murder Geta's portrait was effaced.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865684[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coins of Geta are very common. There is no particular reason why they'd all have been hidden away, and the wide range of condition indicates that they circulated freely. But marble portraits of Geta are rare, and in at least one case his face was effaced from coins: the bronzes from Stratonicaea. I have no idea why Geta's coins are otherwise so common. I recently added this Stratonicaea bronze with effaced Geta to complement the dynastic denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865686[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hexassarion (?) 36mm, 14.40g, obverse: Caracalla, with Geta effaced, countermarked with another bust of Caracalla. Reverse Zeus Panaramos on Horseback.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's frustrate Caracalla's wicked damnatio by posting coins of Geta.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nerva, post: 3277443, member: 87761"]On 26 December 211AD was murdered on orders of his younger brother and co-emperor Caracalla. They were both children of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. This coin of Septimius Severus shows the two kids together, signalling his dynastic aspirations. [ATTACH=full]865681[/ATTACH] Images of Caracalla's detested brother were defaced in antiquity. This is an exceptionally rare ancient panel painting, now in Berlin. It was painted a little before 211, and after the murder Geta's portrait was effaced. [ATTACH=full]865684[/ATTACH] Coins of Geta are very common. There is no particular reason why they'd all have been hidden away, and the wide range of condition indicates that they circulated freely. But marble portraits of Geta are rare, and in at least one case his face was effaced from coins: the bronzes from Stratonicaea. I have no idea why Geta's coins are otherwise so common. I recently added this Stratonicaea bronze with effaced Geta to complement the dynastic denarius. [ATTACH=full]865686[/ATTACH] Hexassarion (?) 36mm, 14.40g, obverse: Caracalla, with Geta effaced, countermarked with another bust of Caracalla. Reverse Zeus Panaramos on Horseback. Let's frustrate Caracalla's wicked damnatio by posting coins of Geta.[/QUOTE]
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