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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 24571372, member: 44316&quot;]I have made one more correction to the new site.&nbsp; Terence drew my attention to an article about the &quot;Carrhae&quot; type. So I rewrote one part.</p><p><br /></p><p>In April 217 Caracalla was assassinated on the road from Edessa to Carrhae where he was intending to visit the temple of Lunus. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558418[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla, issued at <b>Edessa</b>.</p><p>Small. 17 mm. 3.80 grams.</p><p>Caracalla&#039;s head right, laureate.</p><p>M AVR ANTONINVS PF AVG (clockwise from 12:30)</p><p>Turetted head of Tyche right</p><p>COL MET ANTONINIANA (clockwise from 12:00)</p><p><i>BMCG</i> Mesopotamia, Carrhae 16-33 (with minor legend variations).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note</b>:&nbsp; Until 2016 this was always attributed to Carrhae, and still is by dealers. However, an article by Edward Dandrow in the <i>Numismatic Chronicle</i> of 2016 convincingly attributes this type to Edessa. He notes that the original attribution to Carrhae was made from a single hard-to-read coin in 1838 and uncritically repeated ever since. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, the page is:&nbsp; <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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