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Æ21 - Septimius Severus ΑΥΡ ΚΑΡ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤ
| Issuer | Carrhae (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Carrhae civic coinage. To the right of the bust, a prominent crescent symbol rests upon a filleted globe, an iconographic reference to the celebrated lunar cult of the Moon-god Sin worshipped at Carrhae. The Greek colonial and metropolis titles of the city appear in the surrounding legend, attesting to the city's civic pride and status within the Roman provincial order. |
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The weight recorded here — 72.73 g for a 21 mm bronze — is almost certainly a cataloging error or a weighed lot figure; no single Æ21 approaches that mass. Carrhae itself is worth noting: the city where Crassus met his end in 53 BC was still carrying that infamy six centuries later, and Septimius Severus knew the site well from his Parthian campaigns. He granted Carrhae colonial status, which is precisely what the ΑΥΡ ΚΑΡ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤ title reflects — Aurelia Karrhae Colonia Metropolis.