Damnatio Memoriae of Geta

CNG 100, Lot: 1728. Estimate $500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla & Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (40mm, 30.94 g, 12h). Epitynchanontos, prytanis. Confronted busts of [Geta - erased on coin] right, and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right within circular incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding torch. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; SNG Keckman –; Karl –; for c/m: 84. Good VF, dark green patina, scratches on reverse.

From the R.H. Collection. Ex Ponterio 137 (13 January 2006), lot 1173.

Apparently a rare obverse die; the same die as CNG Electronic Auction 306, lot 262 (with Zeus Panamaros on reverse).