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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7955415, member: 57495&quot;]The fellow who went to work on this Stratonicaea was abit half-hearted and only scraped off Geta&#039;s face rather than the entire bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1379065[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA [with GETA]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 17.85g, 36.2mm. CARIA, Stratonicaea, circa AD 209-211. Jason, son of Cleobulus, gramatteus. SNG von Aulock 2686; SNG Cop 512. O: Confronted busts of Caracalla right and [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: ΘEOY within rectangular incuse, head of Minerva right within circular incuse. R: Hekate standing left holding patera and torch; to left, hound standing left, head right. </p><p><i>Ex Dr Walter Neussel Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Usually they go the whole hog:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1379068[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with GETA]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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