Caracalla and Geta AE36, erroneous damnatio memoriae Caracalla and Geta. AE36 (14.80 g), Stratonikeia, Caria, 209-212. Obv. Bust of Caracalla (erased), laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to left; in Center, countermark: laureate head of Caracalla right. Rev. Hekate standing facing,head left, holding torch in left and patera in right; at feet, stag. SNG Aulock 2686 var. SNG Cop. 512. var. Fair to fine. On a large number of these issues, the portrait of Geta has been erased after his murder in 212. On this coin, however, the mint officials erased Caracalla's portrait in error!
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