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AR27 - Caracalla ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
| Issuer | Rhesaena (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, portrayed in the imperial Roman provincial style. The radiate crown displays prominent pointed rays. A Greek imperial titulature legend encircles the bust, reading ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Autocrator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. The effigy is rendered in a bold, somewhat provincial engraving style characteristic of Mesopotamian civic coinage of the Severan period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Eagle displayed facing, with wings fully spread, head turned to the right, holding a wreath in its beak — a common emblem of imperial power on Eastern provincial coinage. Between the eagle's legs appears a rectangular object or tablet of uncertain iconographic significance, possibly a votive or military symbol. The reverse legend ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ, rendered in Greek, references the emperor's tribunician power and his fourth consulship, serving as a dating formula. The composition is typical of the civic bronze and billon coinage struck at Rhesaena under Caracalla. |
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