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AR26 - Caracalla ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ Δ
| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Weight | 10.46 g |
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| Reverse description | An eagle is depicted frontally with wings spread wide, its head turned to the right and a wreath held in its beak, a motif emblematic of imperial apotheosis and divine favor in Roman provincial coinage. Between the eagle's legs stands a small shrine or naiskos with a pediment, rendered in outline. The surrounding Greek legend ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Τ Δ records Caracalla's tribunician and consular titles, serving as a dating element. The design follows the established iconographic conventions of the Edessan civic mint, which frequently employed the eagle-and-shrine type. The bold, somewhat stylized engraving is consistent with provincial workshop production in Mesopotamia during the Severan period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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