Æ19 - Caracalla ΚΟΛω

Carrhae's civic bronzes under Caracalla carry weight beyond their modest size. The city — known in Latin as Carrhae — was the site of Rome's catastrophic defeat against the Parthians in 53 BC, where Crassus died and seven legions were destroyed. Caracalla visited the region personally, and the city held religious significance for him as a center of the Moon god's cult. The colonial title abbreviated on this issue, ΚΟΛω, reflects the Severan policy of granting colonial status to eastern cities as administrative and political currency.