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Æ18 - Severus Alexander Μ Κ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | Μ Κ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ |
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| Mint | Edessa, Mesopotamia, modern-day Urfa, Turkey |
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Edessa occupied a uniquely awkward position under Severus Alexander — nominally a Roman client city in Mesopotamia, it retained its own civic coinage and Syriac cultural identity while sitting directly between Rome and a resurgent Sasanian Persia. The city had been a kingdom until Caracalla abolished the Abgarid dynasty in 216, and these civic bronzes were among the few institutional continuities allowed to persist after that annexation.