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AR26 - Caracalla ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
| Issuer | Rhesaena (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Eagle displayed, seen from the front with wings fully spread, head turned to the right, holding a wreath in its beak. Between the eagle's legs appears a rectangular object or tablet of uncertain meaning, possibly a civic emblem or altar. The reverse type follows the common Severan-era provincial coinage convention of the eagle as an imperial symbol. The Greek legend is disposed around the reverse field, referencing the emperor's tribunician power and fourth consulship. |
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Rhesaena was a Mesopotamian city that gained colonial status under the Severans, likely as part of the administrative consolidation of the province established after Septimius Severus's Parthian campaigns of 197–198 AD. Its civic coinage is rare by any measure — the mint produced issues for a narrow window under Caracalla, and the series is poorly represented in major collections. The Greek magistrate formula on this type reflects the hybrid administrative culture of the region, Roman imperium dressed in Hellenistic municipal convention.