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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 5145882, member: 99456&quot;]That&#039;s quite a pick-shaped coin!&nbsp; I have an older model (not Franklin Mint):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207878[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here&#039;s an ancient variety - one that Caracalla found particularly irritating.&nbsp; The official pick of the <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/games-of-brotherly-love" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/games-of-brotherly-love" rel="nofollow">Severan Games in Nicaea</a>: I am unsure what instrument, κιθάρα? or the lyre? this might have been used with in ancient times.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207879[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Geta, as Caesar</b>, Nicaea, Bithynia, AD 198-209</p><p><b>Obv:</b> [ΓЄTAC] KAICAP, bare-headed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> NIKAIЄΩN, prize crown containing single palm branch</p><p><b>Size:</b> 17mm., 2.55g</p><p><b>Ref:</b><a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=11899" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=11899" rel="nofollow">AsiaMinorCoins 11899</a>; missing from RPC online?</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately someone eventually invented celluloid which is easier on the strings:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207886[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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