306, Lot: 257. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (38mm, 18.94 g, 12h). Zosimos, son of Posittos, prytanis. 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 / Zeus Panamaros on horseback right; [altar] to right. SNG von Aulock 2682 var. (arrangement of legends); SNG Copenhagen –; for c/m: Howgego 84. VF, brown surfaces. Unusually clear legends for this mint.

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