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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4471071, member: 85693&quot;]Funny!&nbsp; I have two of these.&nbsp; The eBay seller swore that Caracalla had left these as a tip at a tavern just before heading down the road.&nbsp; The waitress was mad she got stiffed by the richest guy in the Empire, said to a cute soldier nearby, &quot;Somebody ought to shank that guy!&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some suggest the tavern was in Edessa, not Carrhae.&nbsp; Nobody knows for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112481[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&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 ANT]ON[INIANA 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>Edward Dandrow in &quot;The Latin Coins of Caracalla from Odessa in Osrhoene&quot; makes a case for the Carrhae attribution to be incorrect, based on misreading the legends.&nbsp; </p><p>(<i>Numismatic Chronicle</i> Offprint 176, 2016)</p><p>In his work, this coin is Type 3 with cornucopia before Tyche.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;At the beginning of 217, Caracalla was still based at Edessa prior to renewing hostilities against Parthia.&nbsp; On 8 April 217 Caracalla was travelling to visit a temple near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrhae" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrhae" rel="nofollow">Carrhae</a>, 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> in southern Turkey, where in 53 BC the Romans had suffered a defeat at the hands of the Parthians. After stopping briefly to urinate, Caracalla was approached by a soldier, Justin Martialis, and stabbed to death. Martialis had been incensed by Caracalla&#039;s refusal to grant him the position of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion" rel="nofollow">centurion</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_prefect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_prefect" rel="nofollow">Praetorian Guard Prefect</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrinus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrinus" rel="nofollow">Macrinus</a>, Caracalla&#039;s successor, saw the opportunity to use Martialis to end Caracalla&#039;s reign. In the immediate aftermath of Caracalla&#039;s death, his murderer, Martialis, was killed as well. Three days later, Macrinus declared himself emperor with the support of the Roman army.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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