RY89588. Bronze AE 27, cf. BMC Arabia p. 106, 93 ff., gF, tight flan, earthen deposits, Mesopotamia, Edessa (Urfa, Sanliurfa, Turkey) mint, weight 9.730g, maximum diameter 26.6mm, die axis 90
o, 232 - 235 A.D.; obverse AVT K M A C AΛEΞANΔPOC CEB (or similar), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding round shield [and spear or scepter?]; reverse MHT KOΛ EΔECCHNWN (or similar), Tyche seated left on rocks, wearing turreted crown, veil, mantle and chiton, holding branch over small flaming altar before, half-length figure of a river-god swimming right at her feet, two stars flanking; ex Roma Numismatics;
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