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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 25.77 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. Good VF.Electronic Auction 581 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 25.77 g, 6h). Damnatio Memoriae. Iouliades, son of Hierokles, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla 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 kalathos, holding patera and torch; at feet left, lighted altar. RPC V.2 Online 73870; BMC 70. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina with light earthen highlights, reverse roughness. Good VF. Rare. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla’s Damnatio Memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211. |