Æ24 - Severus Alexander Μ (Τ) ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ

Edessa occupied a uniquely awkward position under Severus Alexander — nominally a Roman client state, the city retained its own dynastic coinage tradition long after most eastern mints had been absorbed into the imperial system. The Abgarid kings had ruled there for centuries, and even after Caracalla eliminated that dynasty in 216 AD, the city continued issuing civic bronzes under Roman oversight rather than direct imperial control.

The abbreviated ethnic on this piece reflects a well-documented compression common to Edessan civic issues, where die engravers struggled to fit the full demotic across the available flan.