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Æ25 - Severus Alexander ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
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| Mintage | ND (222-235) |
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Edessa occupied a peculiar position in the Roman imperial system — nominally a client kingdom under the Abgarid dynasty until Caracalla abolished it outright in 214 AD and refounded it as a Roman colony, Colonia Metropolis. The ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ legend reflects exactly that colonial status, imposed barely a decade before this coin was struck under Severus Alexander. The city's Syriac-speaking population and its long history as a center of early Christianity sat uneasily beneath that Roman veneer.