★ The damnatio memoriae of Geta ★

CARIA. Stratonicaea. Caracalla & Geta, 209-211. Hexassarion (?) (Bronze, 36 mm, 14.40 g, 5 h). [AY K M AYP ANTΩNINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTAC K] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, on the left, facing laureate and draped bust of Geta, on the left (erased); between, countermark: laureate bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. [...] CTPATON[IKЄ]/ΩN Zeus Panamaros on horseback right; altar to right. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Keckman -. SNG von Aulock 2685. For countermark, Howgego 536. Geta's portrait erased, otherwise, good fine.

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