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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2407215, member: 44132&quot;]I haven&#039;t posted any new coins in a while, so while everything is rather slow on CT today, I thought I&#039;d show this Caracalla provincial struck at Carrhae.&nbsp; This is my first and only coin struck at this mint.&nbsp; For those of you interested in the military aspect, Carrhae was the scene of one of Rome&#039;s worst defeats at the hands of the Parthians and where Crassus, a member of the First Triumvirate and one of the richest men in Rome, was killed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496899[/ATTACH]</p><p>CARACALLA</p><p>AE 17</p><p>OBVERSE: Laureate head right.</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Turretted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right.</p><p>Struck at Carrhae in Mesopotamia, 198 -217AD</p><p>4.89g, 17mm</p><p>BMC 30-42[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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