CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (36mm, 23.97 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Philon, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: laureate head of Caracalla within oval incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and torch; at feet left, lighted altar. CNG 115, lot 244; Lanz 131, lot 310; Münzzentrum 108, lot 238. For c/m: Howgego 84. Brown patina with light porosity. VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s Damnatio Memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211. Very rare variety.
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