CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 26.94 g, 7h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon, son of Lainas, archon. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, seen from behind vis-à-vis [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/m: laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right within circular incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and torch; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. RPC V.2 Online 73917; SNG von Aulock 2686 var. (legends). For c/m: Howgego 84. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, reverse metal flaw, flan adjustment marks. Near VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.


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