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Æ24 - Severus Alexander ΚΑΡ ΚΟ ΜΗ ΜΕϹϹΟΠ Λ (sic)
| Issuer | Carrhae (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
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Carrhae was one of Rome's most psychologically loaded garrison towns — the site of Crassus's catastrophic defeat against the Parthians in 53 BC, where legions were annihilated and standards captured. Still under that shadow centuries later, the city issued bronze coinage sporadically under Roman administration. The garbled legend ΚΑΡ ΚΟ ΜΗ ΜΕϹϹΟΠ Λ — a telescoped and partly corrupted rendering of the city's title — suggests a provincial die-cutter working from an imperfect model or dictated text rather than a clean exemplar.