CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37.5mm, 18.47 g, 11h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon Lena, archon. Struck circa AD 205-209. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis [bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding scepter; at feet right, lighted altar. SNG von Aulock 8163 var. (rev. legend arrangement). For c/ms: Howgego 188, 536. Brown patina, porosity, reverse lightly double struck. VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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