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MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Ma'nu VIII, Philoromaios, with Lucilla. AD 167-179. AR Drachm (19mm, 2.47 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 167-169. Diademed and draped bust of Lucilla right / Ceres standing left, holding patera and long torch. RPC IV.3 6488; BMC 8. Toned, edge chip, scratches. Near VF. Extremely rare.
A Roman colony since the first century BC, aiding in their campaigns against the Parthians on several occasions. In AD 116, the Romans quelled an uprising which put an end to Osrhoene's independence and in 123, Hadrian restored the client kingdom under Ma'nu VII. Marcus Aurelius expanded the forts and city walls and stationed a garrison at Nisibis.
A Roman colony since the first century BC, aiding in their campaigns against the Parthians on several occasions. In AD 116, the Romans quelled an uprising which put an end to Osrhoene's independence and in 123, Hadrian restored the client kingdom under Ma'nu VII. Marcus Aurelius expanded the forts and city walls and stationed a garrison at Nisibis.