CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 20.04 g, 1h). Zosimus, son of Prosistus, magistrate.

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Lot: 341. Estimated: $ 150

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 20.04 g, 1h). Zosimus, son of Prosistus, magistrate. Confronted busts of Caracalla right and [Geta] left, both bareheaded; c/m: laureate and draped bust right within circular incuse / ΠPY ZΩCIMOY TOY ΠPOCICTOY B CTPATNIKЄΩN, Hekate standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and torch; to left, hound standing left, head right. SNG von Aulock 2686 var. (obv. type, magistrate); SNG Copenhagen 512 var. (same); cf. SNG von Aulock 2682 (for the same magistrate on a different reverse type). For c/m: Howgego 84. Brown surfaces, pitted. Fine. Rare, this magistrate is known for other coins of this city but not for this reverse type. Seemingly unpublished.

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

Closing Date and Time: 9 February 2022 at 11:53:20 ET.

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