MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.65 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843 (same obv. die). Lustrous, small flan crack, minor edge chips. EF. Rare, high relief portrait.
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