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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3941503, member: 56859&quot;]I have none from Nisibis but the coin below was unidentified in one of the first group lots I bought.&nbsp; Digging around for its identity exposed me to hundreds or maybe even thousands of coins I hadn&#039;t seen before, as well as to online copies of old catalogs and collections, so for those reasons I&#039;m fond of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2f410da0b55747ed8770822c3beb70c6.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_522,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_2f410da0b55747ed8770822c3beb70c6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa</b></p><p><b>Elagabalus, CE 218-222</b></p><p>AE27, 15 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M A ANTΩNEINOC; radiate cuirassed bust left, holding shield and raising right hand.</p><p>Rev: AVP ........ EΔECCA; Tyche seated left on rock, holding corn ears; to left a column surmounted by a statue of Marsyas, river god swimming right at feet</p><p>Ref: Mionnet supplement 8, 26. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Mionnet entry:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mionnetelagabalusedessa26-jpg.292855/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another mixed lot Mesopotamian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiiiabgarxgb-lg-jpg.324350/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa</b></p><p><b>Gordian III / Abgar X</b></p><p>AE25, 10.7 gm</p><p>Obv: [uncertain] ANT GORDIANOC CEB, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust of Gordian III; star before</p><p>Rev: ABGAROC BACILEUC; crowned and draped bust of Abgar X Phraates right; star behind</p><p>Ref: BMC 144; SNG Cop 225[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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