Trajan Decius. AE 21; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Rhesaena, Mesopotamia, AE 21, 5.72g. Obv: [AVT K G M] KY TPA ?EKIOC CEB Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: CE? KO? PHCAINHCIWN L III P Two busts of city goddesses facing one another, draped, veiled, and wearing turreted crowns; above, eagle with wreath in beak; below, small altar. L III P in the reverse legend refers to the Third Parthian Legion, a detachment of which was stationed at Rhesaena (BMC, p. cx) or veterans of which had been settled there. Ex Bill Behnen Collection.Dark brown patina. VG
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