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Æ16 - Elagabalus ΟΛω) (Α)Ρ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Edessa held a peculiar status during Elagabalus's reign — nominally Roman but governed by the Abgarid dynasty, whose own religious traditions ran nearly as strange as the emperor's own Syrian solar cult. The city's civic bronze issues of this period reflect that uneasy dual allegiance, produced locally under conditions that Rome largely tolerated rather than directed. The Abgarid line was extinguished by Caracalla just years before this coin was struck, leaving Edessa's civic identity in a transitional limbo that shows in the inconsistency of its coinage.