Edessa in Mesopotamia, 222-235 AD., Severus Alexander, Assarion, BMC 113 var.
Edessa in Mesopotamia, Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD.,
Assarion / Æ 23 (21-22 mm / 6,77 g),
Obv.: [AYT K MA CЄ AΛЄX]ANΔPOC C , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander r. (features of Caracalla), seen from behind.
Rev.: MHT KOΛ ЄΔ - ЄCCHNWN , Tyche seated left on rock, sacrificing at altar before, river-god Euphrates swimming right at her feet.
BMC p. 109, 113 var. (obv. legends) ; SNG Cop. - ; Lindgren Coll. - . .
very rare