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AR30 - Elagabalus ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ (Ο) Β
| Issuer | Edessa (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 219 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Edessa's civic coinage under Elagabalus reflects the city's peculiar position in 219 AD — nominally Roman, but operating under the Abgarid dynasty, whose king Abgar X was still nominally on the throne as a Roman client. The Greek tribunician legend places this squarely in Elagabalus's second consulship, allowing a precise date within his chaotic four-year reign.
Billon output from Edessa during this period is notoriously inconsistent in alloy quality, a function of provincial minting practices rather than any central policy.