CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 17.00 g, 1h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon, son of Lainas, archon. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 129
Lot: 402.
Closing Date: May 14 2025 11:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 500

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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 17.00 g, 1h). 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 [bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta]; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing calathus, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. RPC V.2 Online 73955; Peus E-420, lot 6544 (same dies). For c/ms: Howgego 188, 536. Brown surfaces, minor marks and pitting, slightly convex flan. VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211. Very rare, only four recorded in RPC.


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