Æ20 - Elagabalus

Rhesaena, a garrison town on the Aboras River in northern Mesopotamia, struck bronze provincials under Elagabalus during one of the more chaotic reigns in the Severan dynasty — a teenage emperor installed by his grandmother Julia Maesa after the troops at Raphaneae were convinced, possibly fraudulently, that he was the illegitimate son of Caracalla. The city's mint output from this period is sparse, and Rhesaena issues under Elagabalus are considerably scarcer than those from the better-documented Syrian provincial centers.