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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5147813, member: 96898"]That's a splendid list for your first year of collecting ancients!</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Ionian 1/12 stater and your Nerva denarius are both very attractive (in fact better than my own examples), and all three Indian coins are facinating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, my favorite is your Caracalla – it is (a) from the less common eastern mint previously known as Laodicea, and (b) has a reverse ("eternal hope") that soon proved to be wishful thinking. I've got the same type for Geta – his "eternal hope" was even less eternal than that of his brother:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208197[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Geta, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 198–200 AD, “Laodicea” mint. Obv: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES; bust of Geta, bare-headed, draped, r. Rev: SPEI PERPETVAE; Spes, draped, advancing l., holding flower in r. hand and raising skirt with l. hand. 20mm, 3.19g. RIC IV Geta 96. Ex Pecunem 10, lot 576.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5147813, member: 96898"]That's a splendid list for your first year of collecting ancients! Your Ionian 1/12 stater and your Nerva denarius are both very attractive (in fact better than my own examples), and all three Indian coins are facinating. Yet, my favorite is your Caracalla – it is (a) from the less common eastern mint previously known as Laodicea, and (b) has a reverse ("eternal hope") that soon proved to be wishful thinking. I've got the same type for Geta – his "eternal hope" was even less eternal than that of his brother: [ATTACH=full]1208197[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Geta, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 198–200 AD, “Laodicea” mint. Obv: L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES; bust of Geta, bare-headed, draped, r. Rev: SPEI PERPETVAE; Spes, draped, advancing l., holding flower in r. hand and raising skirt with l. hand. 20mm, 3.19g. RIC IV Geta 96. Ex Pecunem 10, lot 576.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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