CARACALLA & GETA BRONZE AE – RARE PROVINCIAL ISSUE OF STRATONICAEA SUBJECTED TO DAMNATIO MEMORIAE – VF GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL PROVINCIAL COIN (Inv. 20209)

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20209. ROMAN EMPIRE. CARACALLA WITH GETA, AD 198–217. PROVINCIAL ISSUE OF STRATONICAEA, CARIA.
Bronze AE 37 mm, 22.91 m. Issue of Archon Flavius Leon Lena, ca. AD 205–209, subjected to damnatio memoriae, with Geta’s portrait removed.
Obv. Facing laureate, draped and curiassed busts of Caracalla and Gera (chiseled out of die), circular countermark with bust of Caracalla. Rev. Zeus Panamaros riding horse right.
RPC V.2 Online 73879; SNG von Aulock 8163 var. (rev. legend arrangement). For c/m see Howgego 84.
About VF, rare variety, with faint traces of Geta’s portrait that has been chiseled out of the die.