Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, Severus Alexander, AE 18
AVTOK AΛEΞANΔPOΣ,
laureate bust of Severus Alexander/
Centaur Sagittarius advancing, holding bow(?);
vexillum inscribed "LEG III", Δ
Castelin 17 var.
Posted April 2016
Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, Severus Alexander, AE 23
AVT K M A CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC,
laureate draped cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander/
PHCAIΩNIωN LEG III P S,
turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks,
wearing long robe, holding eagle;
below, River-god Scyrte swimming
Lindgren I, 2615 var., Castelin 35, 27 var.
Posted April 2016 (corrected attribution November 2018)
Note: The dealer mis-attributed this coin as Mesopotamia, Carrhae.
Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, Trajan Decius (or Philip I?), AE 25
AVT K Γ MEKV ΔEKIOC TPAIANOC CEB,
radiate cuirassed draped bust of Trajan Decius (or Philip I?)/
CEΠ KOΛ PHCAINHCIωN L III P,
founder plowing with 2 oxen, eagle above;
below, River-god Chaboras swimming
SGI 4215, BMC 10/16 var., SNG Cop. 250 var., Rare (R1)
Posted April 2016
Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, Herennia Etruscilla,
wife of Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD, AE 27
...NNIA ETPO[V?]EK[I?]...CEB(?),
diademed draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla on crescent/
CEΠ PHCAINHCIωN L III P, perspective view of temple,
eagle standing within; below, River-god swimming
Castelin 168/163 var., BMC 41,
SNG Cop. ---, Extremely Rare (R3)
Posted April 2016
Mesopotamia, Singara, Gordian III and Tranquillina, AE 30
AVTO K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB,
confronted draped busts of laureate(?) Gordian III and Tranquillina/
AVP CEΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, turreted veiled Tyche seated on
rocks, holding corn ears; above, centaur Sagittarius leaping,
shooting bow; below, River-god swimming
Kov. 2627 var., SGI 3804, BMC 11
Posted April 2016
