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115, Lot: 244. Estimate $200.
Sold for $556. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla and Geta. 211-212 AD. Æ 37mm (21.61 gm). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bearded older bust of Caracalla right and [laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left], vis-à-vis; c/m: [QEOU] within rectangular incuse below / Hekate standing left, holding patera and torch; altar at her feet. For coin type: BMC Caria 69; SNG von Aulock 2687; for c/m: Howgego 536. VF, dark green patina.

The intentional erasure of Geta's portrait and name followed the dictates of that emperor's damnatio memoriae following his murder at his brother's hands in 212 AD.