306, Lot: 256. Estimate $150. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (36mm, 28.70 g, 12h). Hierocleus, archon for the second time. Struck before AD 209. 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 dies); for c/m: Howgego 84. Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

The portrait of Geta has been removed as part of the damnatio memoriae following his murder in AD 212.