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AR26 - Caracalla ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ
| Issuer | Carrhae (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla facing right, the emperor portrayed with characteristic youthful features typical of his early reign coinage. The radiate laurel wreath is rendered with fine detail, and the drapery is visible at the shoulder truncation. The Greek imperial legend encircles the portrait in the field, reading partially around the periphery. The flan is broad and irregularly shaped, consistent with the provincial hammered coinage of Carrhae in Mesopotamia. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ |
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Carrhae's civic coinage under Caracalla carries weight beyond its metal — this was the city where Crassus met his end in 53 BC, and where Caracalla himself made a celebrated visit, reportedly venerating the temple of the Moon god Sin with unusual personal devotion. The emperor's attachment to the site was well-documented by ancient sources, and the city enjoyed imperial favor as a result.
The ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ reverse legend reflects the Greek rendering of tribunicia potestate and consular titles, a formulaic honorific applied across eastern provincial issues but rarely seen on Carrhae's output with this degree of specificity.