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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5186303, member: 57495&quot;]Excellent writeup!&nbsp; Here are three favorites of mine which I like to think encapsulate the Severan family drama.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna and the boys, with the overly hopeful legend AETERNIT IMPERI.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213582[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.0g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201. RIC 540; Vagi 1723; BMC 4. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; hair elaborately waved. R: AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right, vis-à-vis bareheaded and draped bust of Geta left.<i></i></p><p><i>Ex Dr. Walter Neussel Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Septimius and the boys.&nbsp; Dad seems to be showing a preference for the older son here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213583[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE29. 11.18g, 28.8mm. BITHYNIA, Prusias ad Hypium, circa AD 197/8. RecGen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Cop -; ISEGRIM -. O: ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΣΕΠΤΙ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ Π, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΕΙΣ ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟΥ-Σ Κ-ΥΡ-ΙΟΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ, Septimius Severus, in military attire, standing front, head to left, holding scepter in his left hand and clasping his right hand with Caracalla, on the left, standing right in miltary attire and holding scepter in his left; on the right, Geta, togate, standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and scroll (?) in his left.&nbsp; </p><p>Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and possibly unique.&nbsp; The reverse legend, ΕΙΣ ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΥΡΙΟΣ, translates as &#039;eternal rulers&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, Caracalla, after getting Geta erased...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213586[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with Geta]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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