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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 19.82 g, 1h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon, son of Lainas, archon. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. VF.Electronic Auction 606 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 19.82 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 [laureate, 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 and torch; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. RPC V.2 Online 73917; SNG von Aulock 2686 var. (legends). For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness. VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211. |
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