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| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Weight | 12.21 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Eagle displayed facing, with broad wings fully spread, head turned to the right, holding a wreath in its beak; notably, no tail feathers are depicted, a distinctive iconographic feature of Edessene coinage. Between the eagle's legs appears a small tetrastyle shrine or naiskos with a triangular pediment, likely referencing a local dynastic or religious monument. The reverse legend is disposed in the field around the eagle. The composition follows the standard Mesopotamian civic eagle type, rendered in a flat, linear provincial style characteristic of Edessa under the Severan dynasty. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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