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Lot 1649

Starting price: 75 CHF
Price realized: 420 CHF
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MYSIA. Pergamum. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar, 198-217. Medallion (Bronze, 37 mm, 25.14 g, 6 h), Klaudianos Terpandros, strategos. ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC [...] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, on the left, facing [bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta, on the right]. Rev. ЄΠΙ CTP ΚΛΑΥΔΙ[ΑΝΟΥ ΤЄΡΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ] / ΠЄΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / B ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ Tyche standing front, head to left, holding phiale in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, being crowned by Nike standing front, head to left, holding palm frond in her left hand. SNG Copenhagen 501. SNG von Aulock 1416. Geta's portrait erased and with minor deposits and cleaning scratches, otherwise, fine.


The portrait and name of Geta have been erased on this coin in an act of damnatio memoriae following his murder by Caracalla in 212.
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