Æ20 - Elagabalus ΧΑΡΑΧ ΜωΒΑ (retrograde)

Charachmoba was a secondary Nabataean settlement in what is now southern Jordan, absorbed into the Roman province of Arabia Petraea after Trajan's annexation in 106 AD. Under Elagabalus the city retained enough civic identity to strike its own bronze coinage — a privilege granted selectively and reflecting real municipal standing rather than administrative routine. The retrograde legend on this type is not a die-cutter's error but appears consistently across known examples, suggesting either a local convention or a workshop operating outside the mainstream of provincial die production.