333, Lot: 179. Estimate $300. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (36mm, 28.81 g, 12h). Hierocleus, archon for the second time. Confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and [Geta left, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed]; c/m: laureate and draped bust right within oval incuse / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. SNG von Aulock 2684 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; Karl 309 (same obv. die); for c/m: Howgego 84. VF, artificial light green patina over darker, probably natural, patina, details strengthened and some of the lettering incorrectly reworked. Portrait of Geta defiled in antiquity as an act of damnatio memoriae.