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Æ17 - Severus Alexander ΡΗϹΑΙΝΑ) Δ, LEG III
| Issuer | Rhesaena (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse script | Greek/Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
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Rhesaena was a garrison town on the Khabur River in northern Mesopotamia, functioning as a key staging point for Roman operations against Parthia and later Sassanid Persia. Its civic bronze coinage under Severus Alexander is exceptionally rare — the city produced no large or sustained series, and most known specimens come from a handful of dies. The Legio III Parthica connection is specific: that legion was stationed in Mesopotamia from its foundation under Septimius Severus, and its association with this mint reflects the thoroughly militarized character of Roman Mesopotamia as a province.