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Auction 126  28-29 May 2024
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Estimate: 500 USD
Current bid: 300 USD
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 25.40 g, 11h). Damnatio Memoriae. Flavius Leon Lena, archon. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 205-209. 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 calathus, holding patera and torch; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. SNG von Aulock 2686 var. (legends). For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina, flan adjustment marks, small flan crack. Good VF. Portrait of Geta erased, Caracalla's damnatio memoriae of Geta applied after his murder in AD 211.
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