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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7781336, member: 97383"]Pavlos, Excellent article with two handsome coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I think it's the nature of brothers who are close in age to compete & battle with each other, with restraint of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Having had a twin brother I know this first hand <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Henry & I used to fight often while growing-up over the most stupid things, physically trying to hurt each other <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This carried over into early adulthood <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Keeping a far distance from each other was the solution <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The Romans had their fair share of "battling brothers" too, the most famous being Caracalla & Geta.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335006[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Carrhae-Mesopotamia, Caracalla, AD 215-217. Billon Tetradrachm: 27 mm, 14.72 gm. Prieur 820.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1335015[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Antioch-Syria, Geta, AD 209-211. Billon Tetradrachm: 27 mm, 14,44 gm, McAlee 719.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b> </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7781336, member: 97383"]Pavlos, Excellent article with two handsome coins :happy:! I think it's the nature of brothers who are close in age to compete & battle with each other, with restraint of course :smuggrin:. Having had a twin brother I know this first hand :rolleyes:. Henry & I used to fight often while growing-up over the most stupid things, physically trying to hurt each other :eek:. This carried over into early adulthood :rage:. Keeping a far distance from each other was the solution :D. The Romans had their fair share of "battling brothers" too, the most famous being Caracalla & Geta. [ATTACH=full]1335006[/ATTACH] [B]Carrhae-Mesopotamia, Caracalla, AD 215-217. Billon Tetradrachm: 27 mm, 14.72 gm. Prieur 820. [ATTACH=full]1335015[/ATTACH] Antioch-Syria, Geta, AD 209-211. Billon Tetradrachm: 27 mm, 14,44 gm, McAlee 719. [/B][/QUOTE]
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