Æ26 - Severus Alexander ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ LEG III P (S?)

Rhesaena was a Mesopotamian garrison town that gained colonial status under Septimius Severus, which licensed it to strike civic bronze under the Severan emperors. The attribution to Legio III Parthica — the legion garrisoned nearby at Nisibis — is almost certain, though the partially legible legend leaves the precise honorific suffix debated among specialists. Coins of this mint are rare across all types; Rhesaena produced nothing approaching a large civic coinage, and most attributions rely on a handful of die-linked specimens scattered across European collections.