CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (38mm, 29.12 g, 12h). Damnatio Memoriae. Zosimos II, grandson of Posittos, prytanis. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 198-202. [Bareheaded and draped bust of Geta] vis-à-vis laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla; c/m: laureate bust of Caracalla right within circular incuse / Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding scepter; at feet right, lighted altar. BMC 68; SNG von Aulock 2689. For c/m: Howgego 84. Brown patina, obverse roughness. Good Fine. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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