CARIA, Stratonicaea. Septimius Severus, with Geta as Caesar. AD 193-211. Æ (36mm, 27.43 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. AY K Λ Π CЄ ΓЄTAC KAI ΛOY CЄΠ CЄYHPOC, laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius, gorgoneion on breastplate vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / ЄΠI ΠP IOYΛIAΔOY TOY IЄPOKΛЄOYC CTPATONIK/ЄΩN, Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding transverse scepter in left hand; at feet right, lighted altar. SNG von Aulock 2679. For c/m: Howgego 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, slight die shift on reverse. Near EF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s Damnatio Memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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