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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2699121, member: 74834&quot;]In the last half year, I had a lot of pleasure with the little Roman Greeks, very attractive portraits and a lively menagerie of reverses into the bargain. Here are a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta caesar AE17 Nicopolis ad Istrum, rev. basket of fruit. 17 mm, 2.70 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607203[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>His dear brother Caracalla, AE17, Nicopolis ad Istrum, rev. star with 8 rays. 17 mm, 3.42 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Their sweet little cousin Elagabalus, AE16, Nicopolis ad Istrum, rev. crescent with three stars. 16 mm, 3.23 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]607210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Their doting father Septimius Severus outstaring himself on two coins, the left one an AE19 assarion of Marcianopolis with Cybele seating on the reverse, and the right an AE20 of Colonia Antiochia Caesarea in Pisidia. On the rev. we see the local god Mên with scepter and Nike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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