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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2289318, member: 56859"]For clarity's sake I've pasted these two posts together so it wouldn't look like Valentinian was calling the Elagabalus a Marcus Aurelius (JBG's post on page 1; the image doesn't carry over with this quote).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Double denarius" is another name for the antoninianus introduced by Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The river Orontes isn't near Edessa, so I wouldn't expect a coin of Edessa to depict the river god Orontes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the exact legend, I can't read the entire legend on your coin. Plus, yours may not be Babelon 52. It may be some other entry. Ernest Babelon's <i>The Coinage of Edessa in Mesopotamia</i> is available online and Dane Kurth (of Wildwinds) has an English translation. You may wish to go directly to that source if you want a more precise attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Edessa was located in what is now Şanlıurfa in southern Turkey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2289318, member: 56859"]For clarity's sake I've pasted these two posts together so it wouldn't look like Valentinian was calling the Elagabalus a Marcus Aurelius (JBG's post on page 1; the image doesn't carry over with this quote). "Double denarius" is another name for the antoninianus introduced by Caracalla. The river Orontes isn't near Edessa, so I wouldn't expect a coin of Edessa to depict the river god Orontes. As for the exact legend, I can't read the entire legend on your coin. Plus, yours may not be Babelon 52. It may be some other entry. Ernest Babelon's [I]The Coinage of Edessa in Mesopotamia[/I] is available online and Dane Kurth (of Wildwinds) has an English translation. You may wish to go directly to that source if you want a more precise attribution. Ancient Edessa was located in what is now Şanlıurfa in southern Turkey.[/QUOTE]
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