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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3524503, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;m digging up Bing&#039;s old post on Caracalla from Carrhae because I just got two new ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>While re-researching these, I came across a very interesting article by Edward Dandrow questioning the Carrhae location - he makes a pretty convincing argument for these coming from Edessa.&nbsp; Dandrow make an exhaustive study of die pairs, and inscription variations.&nbsp; Here is a link:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.academia.edu/31013674/The_Numismatic_Chronicle_176_Offprint_The_Latin_Coins_of_Caracalla_from_Edessa_in_Osrhoene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/31013674/The_Numismatic_Chronicle_176_Offprint_The_Latin_Coins_of_Caracalla_from_Edessa_in_Osrhoene" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/31013674/The_Numismatic_Chronicle_176_Offprint_The_Latin_Coins_of_Caracalla_from_Edessa_in_Osrhoene</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two I just got - they are Dandrow&#039;s &quot;Type 3&quot; with the cornucopia in front of Tyche - most of the legends are missing and they are generally pretty cruddy, but I did enjoy researching them, well worth the $1.83 I shelled out for them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]936177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(198-217 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Carrhae, Mesopotamia</b></p><p><b>(or Edessa? see E. Dandrow)</b></p><p>IMP CAES ANTONIN[VS PF AVG laureate head right / COI MET ANTONINIANA A, turreted &amp; veiled head of Tyche right, cornucopia to right.</p><p>SNG Cop. 177; BMC 38.</p><p>(3.66 grams / 17 mm) and (2.87 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any others out there?&nbsp; One of the scarcer varieties has a snake in front of Tyche.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either Edessa or Carrhae, it is an interesting issue - per Wikipedia:&nbsp; &quot;The Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" rel="nofollow">Caracalla</a> was assassinated on the road from Edessa to Carrhae (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran" rel="nofollow">Harran</a>) by one of his guards in 217. Edessa became one of the frontier cities of the province of Osroene and lay close to the border of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" rel="nofollow">Sasanian Empire</a>.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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