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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24571579, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1558464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Two AE coins of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia (Arabic <i>Ras al-&#039;ayn</i>, Kurdish<i> Serê Kaniyê</i>) minted under Caracalla. Reverses : <b>LEG III</b> / <b>P S</b> (sometimes retrograde), vexillum with A or star. </p><p>Rhesaena was the base of the Legio III Parthica Severiana. Today the city is in Syria, just at the Turkish border, and under Turkish occupation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558467[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rhesaena, Mesopotamia - Trajan Decius</p><p>(Illegible circular legend), bust of Trajan Decius radiate, draped and cuirassed right.</p><p>[CЄΠ] PHCAINHCI<font size="6">ω</font>N L III P , eagle facing on palm, beneath : founder with two oxen.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558468[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rhesaena, Mesopotamia - Trajan Decius</p><p>AYT KAI ΓAI MЄC KY [ΔЄKIOC ? TPAI]ANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>[CЄΠ] PHCAINHCI<font size="6">ω</font>N L III P , Temple seen in perspective, eagle inside ; beneath, the River-god Aborrhas (the Khabur) swimming left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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