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Æ20 - Gordian III ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
| Uitgever | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Jaar | 239-242 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Greek |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Draped bust of Abgar X Phraates, king of Osrhoene, facing right, wearing the distinctive tall conical Parthian-style tiara adorned with ornamental detail. The portrait reflects the hybrid Greco-Parthian artistic tradition of Edessa, emphasizing the vassal king's eastern identity within the Roman sphere. The reverse legend in Greek identifies the ruler by name and royal title, flanking the bust in the field. |
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Edessa's civic coinage under Gordian III occupies an awkward diplomatic moment: the city's Abgarid dynasty had effectively ended with Abgar X's deposition by Caracalla in 212–213, yet Edessa continued issuing coins pairing the reigning Roman emperor with a royal Abgar title for decades afterward. The "ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ" legend here is essentially a political fiction — no Abgar was actually ruling. It reflects the city's effort to maintain a dynastic identity that Rome had already extinguished.