Archaios | Mesopotamia Edessa Elagabalus Tyche | i49.2

Description

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Description:
Roman Provincial Bronze Coin of Elagabalus from Edessa in Mesopotamia. Circa 218-222 AD.
Obverse:
Radiate head of Elagabalus left.
Reverse:
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche left: KOΛω MA(Ρ ЄΔЄCCA).
Mint:
Edessa, Mesopotamia
Size:
14 mm
Weight:
3.11 g
Ref:
SNG Copenhagen 213;
Condition:
VF. Nice example.
As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective.
Note:
Edessa
was an ancient town in northwestern Mesopotamia.  It was
the chief city of Mesopotamia
and was located in the northwest district called Osrhoëne. It was situate near the source of a mountain stream (the Seirtus) which flows from Mount Masius southwards towards the Euphrates. It was likely built by Seleucus, and named after the ancient Macedonian town Edessa or Aegae.
In the time of Antiochus IV (B.C. 175-164) it temporarily assumed the name of Antiocheia ad Callirhoën, and coin with his portrait struck there read ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΡΟΗΙ. Then s
hortly afterwards it passed into Parthian hands; and in B.C. 132 the kingdom of Osrhoëne was founded. The regal coinage, however does not begin until the reign of Vaël (A.D. 163-165), some of whose coins bear the head of his suzerain Volagases III. There are also Æ of Volagases III himself, struck at Edessa.
In 166/7 the Romans took over after having defeated Volagases.
Caracalla made Edessa a Roman colony about A.D. 216
; the colonial coins henceforth to the reign of Trajan Decius read ЄΔЄCCΑ or ЄΔЄCCΗΝΩΝ with various titles, such as Ο(πελλια) ΜΑ(κρινιανη), ΚΟΛ(ωνια),
ΚΟΛW(νια) ΜΑΡ(κια)
ΑΥΡ(ηλια) ΑΝΤ(ωνινιανη), ΜΗΤ(ροπλις) ΚΟ(λωνια)
Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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