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Roman Provincial: Mesopotamia-Carrhae
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Caracalla, AE20, 198-217, Mesopotamia-Carrhae
M AVR ANTONINVS [P F AVG]
Laureate head right
COL MET ANTONINIANA AVR ALEX
Veiled, turreted, draped bust of City-goddess right
18mm x 20mm, 3.89g
Sear GIC 2702
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Septimius Severus, AE16, 193-211, Mesopotamia-Carrhae
Legend?
Laureate head right
KAPHN-?
Simulacrum of Aphrodite, surmounted by crescent moon and star
15mm x 16mm, 2.06g
Lindgren 2564
Note from Marvin Tameanko, August 20, 2005: Your coin of Carrhae, Lindgren, 2564, shows a 'simulacrum', that is a conical
monument that is the likeness of the goddess, in this case probably a local, Asiatic form of Aphrodite, who is represented by
the crescent moon and star at the top. This very monument actually shows up inside the temple on coins of Carrhae, Lindgren
2557, and the crescent moon and star symbol show up on lots of other coins of this city, Lindgren 2560-63.
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