Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 506
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MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Ma'nu VIII, Philoromaios, with Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 167-169. Diademed and draped bust of Lucilla right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC IV.3 9619. Toned, light porosity. VF. Extremely rare, the second known. Edessa was the capital of the client state of Osrhoene and became a Roman colony in the first century BC. While it aided Rome in their campaigns against the Parthians on several occasions, in AD 116, the Romans quelled an uprising which put an end to Osrhoene's independence. But in 123, Hadrian restored the client kingdom under Ma'nu VII. Marcus Aurelius subsequently expanded the forts and city walls and stationed a garrison at Nisibis.
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