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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1985423, member: 44132&quot;]I&#039;m not certain this applies, but the following coin was struck when Geta was approx. 12 years old:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]354556[/ATTACH] </p><p>GETA Billon Denarius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE: P SEPT GETA CAE SPONT - Bare-headed, draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; SECVRIT IMPERI I - Securitas seated left, holding globe</p><p>Struck at Rome, 200-202 AD</p><p>3.1g, 18mm</p><p>RIC 20a, S 7200, C 183</p><p><br /></p><p>And for those of you who are not into Ancients:</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna. Geta was born in Rome, at a time when his father was only a provincial governor at the service of Emperor Commodus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conflicts between Geta and Caracalla were constant and often required the mediation of their mother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their joint rule was a failure.&nbsp; By the end of 211, the situation had become unbearable. Caracalla tried unsuccessfully to murder Geta during the festival of Saturnalia. Finally, in December Caracalla had his mother arrange a peace meeting with his brother in his mother&#039;s apartments, and then had him murdered in her arms by Praetorian Guards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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