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New Member
Slovenia
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I have this 2 pictures, I know it will be an easy job for you guys.   |
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New Member
 Slovenia
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A lot of views, but not replay, I am still looking for the emperors name, done some researches already and sames to be Macrinus. I have another Macrinus coin and realize, that probably this is not Macrinus.
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02/18/2016 08:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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it is a coin of Geta (209-212)
obv P.SEPTimius GETA AUGustus BRITtanicus
rev FIDEI EXERCITUS .
nice coin with a good portait, but I believe it is of Caracalla , his brother , so this coin would be a hybrid.it is interesting to check it.albert
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 United States
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Interesting coin. As antwerpen stated the legend is for Geta, but the portrait is clearly that of Caracalla his brother. Caracalla hated his brother and in fact had him murdered so I couldn't see this being allowed as an official issue.
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New Member
Slovenia
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Thanks guys. I made a purchase for that coin and as soon arrives clean it first. I like this, since there is a nice story behind it and I do some researches. I just purchased that coin blind w/o even knowing from what emperor is. I just liked the portrait details so much on it. I would like to know the market value as well, hope that I don't overpaid it...
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New Member
Slovenia
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The elder of the two sons of the emperor Septimius Severus, Caracalla is best-known for arranging the murder of his brother Geta after the two engaged in a power struggle in the months after their father's death. Caracalla was 22 years old, Geta 21.
The murder led to a wholesale slaughter of Geta's supporters and sympathizers, and soldiers were allowed to wreak havoc on the residents of Rome. The looting and bloodshed lasted for at least two weeks, and one contemporary source claims 20,000 people were killed.
Later year 212 saw a flurry of administrative reforms under the young emperor's leadership. Soldiers received increases in pay and in legal rights, but the most noteworthy change was the bestowal of Roman citizenship upon all free residents of the empire. This grant of universal citizenship, called by scholars the Constitutio Antoniniana, allowed for greater standardization in the increasingly bureaucratic Roman state. Construction was also well underway on the magnificant baths in Rome that would bear the emperor's name. The main building seems to have been completed four years later, but the entire complex was not finished until the reign of Alexander Severus.
Caracalla was murdered in 217.
Suspicion was strong that Macrinus had arranged the murder.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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very special coin :
obv : head of Caracalla with a legend of Geta
rev : reverse of Caracalla Ric 213
Caracalla's reverse is dated AD210-213.
Is this coin an ancient fake or simply a mistake ? It is not in Ric for Geta ; maybe the scriptor -who made the legend-inscription - put a wrong legend around the head of Caracalla and nobody remarked the mistake .As the coin seems not a fourree , I believe this explanation is acceptable;albert
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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I don t know , there are much differences in the bust of the obverse , the legend is for Caracalle , in the reverse not so much , need more photos and the weights, size... albert
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New Member
Slovenia
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As soon as I get my coin, will clean it and post fresh photos. I got that beauty for 40 EUR.
arnoldoe: I am pretty sure, that this is the thing, but you never know...
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Belgium
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New Member
Slovenia
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Strange thing, may there are larger numbers in circulation... I am a beginner collector and have no clue what is going, but I am more as happy for that find.
Okay, we know now what is on both sides, but as much effort I put in, there is no real info about this coin. I have done a lot of researches and can't find any useful informations - I am just lost. The coin arrives probably next week and I take measures first.
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02/19/2016 3:31 pm
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New Member
Slovenia
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This coin sames to be legit in my novice eyes, hope it is not a fake...
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Valued Member
Canada
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I think it has to be a fake. and the reverse is a die match to the coin in the fake reports.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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you will not find more info about this coin, as it is not listened anywhere .It is an error coin , now we have to know the error was mede about 1800 years ago , or by faking it now .Once you received it , give more pics and sizes and compare it carefully with the Wildwinds coin http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...r.jpg.albert |
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United States
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I suggest not cleaning it yet (or maybe ever), until we have a better idea of what we're dealing with.
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Posted 02/18/2016 09:16 am
