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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8200167, member: 19463&quot;]There is definitely a difference in qualities in portraits on Caracalla Caesar sestertii.&nbsp; I have always been fond of mine.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436886[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Geta did not become Caesar until after the severe cutback in AE production so any sestertius of Geta Caesar is scarce.&nbsp; He is common as Augustus and I have seen those tooled down to look beardless (buyer beware).&nbsp; I have none but feel lucky to have this rather low grade, 8.3g., as.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436889[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this would be a good place to mention the existence of coins often termed &#039;cast in Gaul&#039; (this being Cohen 111) which are underweight casts of asses and frequently, it seems, of better than usual types.&nbsp; Below is a Minerva feeding a snake that weighs 5.5g.[ATTACH=full]1436888[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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