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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2778404, member: 19463&quot;]My first coin from my Baltimore group is a denarius of Geta Caesar with a reverse of Minerva standing.&nbsp; This reverse is a bit more frequently seen with a string of titles as a reverse legend. I liked this one spelling out Minerva.&nbsp; It is just a nice, typical Geta.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642106[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin was not from Baltimore but from a mail order seller who used to do Baltimore regularly but I had to go to the post office today to pick up the package.&nbsp; This AE34 of Stratonicaea had Caracalla and Geta facing each other on the obverse and Hekate on the reverse.&nbsp; The obverse had a small, oval countermark of a helmeted head that trimmed a bit of Caracalla&#039;s nose.&nbsp; At the bottom of the obverse is a larger countermark &#039;THEOU&#039;.&nbsp; While I have the Howgego numbers (188 &amp; 536), I do not understand the purpose of either.&nbsp; I also still need to research the reverse legend which may have enough letters remaining to ID the magistrate.&nbsp; This is far from the best example of this coin but it is the one I have.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Should we mention that Geta was scraped off of the coin in accordance with the Damnatio Memoriae declared against him by Caracalla in 211 AD?&nbsp; These coins are rare with Geta intact.&nbsp; Where&#039;s Geta?&nbsp; He is on the first coin shown above but did not fare so well below.&nbsp; I have always wanted one of these.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642105[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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