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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3660914, member: 85693"]Thanks for sharing that story, Al - the Peter Rosa saga is interesting, if not in a good way. Too bad the dealer was so hard-nosed about the price way back when. It would have fooled me when I was starting out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am assuming Rosa was pressing (rather than striking) these? The obverse on yours has that kind of flat look to it that I associate (inexpertly) with a pressed fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>This counterfeit talk made me nervous - I went to my small collection of Severan silver because I thought I had a Geta/Nobilitas. Mine is rather encrusted with black stuff, but I think it is ancient. I hope.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]984284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Geta (as Caesar) </b></p><p><b>(199-204 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint - Denarius</b></p><p>P SEPT GETA CAES PONT bare-headed, draped bust right / NOBILITAS, Nobilitas</p><p>standing right, holding scepter and statue of Minerva (or palladium?)</p><p>RIC 13a; RSC III 90</p><p>(3.02 grams / 17.5 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3660914, member: 85693"]Thanks for sharing that story, Al - the Peter Rosa saga is interesting, if not in a good way. Too bad the dealer was so hard-nosed about the price way back when. It would have fooled me when I was starting out. I am assuming Rosa was pressing (rather than striking) these? The obverse on yours has that kind of flat look to it that I associate (inexpertly) with a pressed fake. This counterfeit talk made me nervous - I went to my small collection of Severan silver because I thought I had a Geta/Nobilitas. Mine is rather encrusted with black stuff, but I think it is ancient. I hope. [ATTACH=full]984284[/ATTACH] [B]Geta (as Caesar) (199-204 A.D.) Rome Mint - Denarius[/B] P SEPT GETA CAES PONT bare-headed, draped bust right / NOBILITAS, Nobilitas standing right, holding scepter and statue of Minerva (or palladium?) RIC 13a; RSC III 90 (3.02 grams / 17.5 mm)[/QUOTE]
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