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Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΚΑΡΗΝωΝ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΕ
| Uitgever | Carrhae (Mesopotamia) |
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| Jaar | 161-169 |
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| Gewicht | 9.13 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate, cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of Lucius Verus facing right, depicted with characteristic full beard. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of Mesopotamian civic issues, with the legend disposed around the bust in the field. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΛοΥΚ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Carrhae is better known for catastrophe than coinage — it was here in 53 BC that Crassus led seven Roman legions into a Parthian trap, losing his life and the standards of Rome in one of the republic's most humiliating defeats. The city remained a contested frontier point for centuries, and its civic bronzes under Marcus Aurelius reflect a carefully managed relationship with Roman authority. The epithet ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΕ — "friend of Rome" — was not decorative; it was a political declaration by a community sitting uncomfortably close to the Parthian border.