Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5694655
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire, AE20, 193-211 AD, Septimius Severus, Edessa, Mesopotamia
Face value
Year
193
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Material
Weight
4.67
Diameter
20.36
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
AVTKOKRAT CEOYHROC, laureate head of Septimius Severus right
Reverse
BACILEWC ABGAROC, bust of Abgar VIII right, wearing tiara, shoulders draped, holding sceptre before
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
BMC 14-26 (wschl 26)
Details

Zfr for the release Abgar VIII (the great) was king of Osroene until 212 as a client state of the Roman Empire. After his death, Abgar IX Severus took over the throne from his father. Caracalla summoned Abgar IX Severus and his son to Rome in 213 where they were murdered. Caracalla incorporated the area into the Roman Empire as the province of Mesopotamia. Not the first time, by the way. Trajan had already incorporated this area (then Parthian) into the Roman Empire before the period 115 to 117. Abgar VIII the Great is also known for his alleged conversion to the Christian faith in AD 200.

This text has been translated automatically from Dutch

Click here for the original text