Walcher 2693 | Carrhae, Mesopotamia, AE11, semi-autonomous issue. 1.17 g, AD 161-276. Crab. / KAΠΠOH (or similar), Star above crescent set on globe. Walcher 2693 (as Sala, Lydia); Dura-Europos 1498. | Text | Image |
RPC online 9288 | Marcus Aurelius AR 17mm Drachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia, 164-169. 2.89 g. [AVT K M AV]ΡHΛIOC ANTΩNINO[C CE], laureate head right / YΠEΡ NIKHC [TΩN KYΡIΩN CE], clasped hands, caduceus and two corn-ears behind. RPC online 9288 (this reverse legend convincingly attributed to Carrhae by Babelon). | Text | Image |
Mionnet 233 | Lucius Verus AR Denarius or Didrachm, Mesopotamia, 17 mm; 2.55 gr. AVT K Λ AYΡ OYHΡOC CEB, bare head right / YΠEΡ NIKHC TΩN KYΡIΩN CE, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield on left arm. BMC-; Paris 1819 (under Carrhae); RPC online 8033; Mionnet 233 (uncertain mint in Mesopotamia). | Text | Image |
BMC 6 | Faustina II, AR Denarius. Carrhae mint, Mesopotamia. (Possibly Edessa but more likely Carrhae). ΦAVCTINA CEBACTH, draped bust right, hair waved and tied in chignon at the back / YΠEΡ NIKHC ΡΩMAIΩN, Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre. BMC p. 138, 6. | Text | Image |
BMC 2 | Mesopotamia, Carrhae. Commodus. 180-192 AD. AE, 16mm. Laureate head right / Crescent and star. | Text | Image |
BMC 10 | Commodus, AE of Carrhae, 2.18 g. KAIC[AΡ AY] KOMOΔOC, laureate head right / YΠEΡ NIKHC ΡΩMAIΩ, veiled, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right. BMC 10 ("uncertain mint"). RPC online 8047 var. SNG Cop. 191 var. Attributed by Babelon to Carrhae. | Text | Image |
BMC 4 | Septimius Severus, AE26 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. 193-211 AD. CEΠTIMIOC CEOYHΡO, laureate head right / ΛIA KA KOΛ AYΡH, temple showing four columns; wreath in pediment, between the central columns a conical baetyl surmounted by crescent, in the wings of the temple, two standards with triangular banners, each in a distyle shrine surmounted by a crescent. BMC 4; Hunter III, 2. | Text | Image |
BMC 5 cf | Septimius Severus, AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. (CEΠTIMIOC CEYHΡOC), laureate head right / KAΡΡ KOΛΩNIAC MHKAΡ.. Dionysos seated left, holding grapes and corn-ears upwards, and resting on thyrsos; star over crescent in left field. cf BMC 5. | Text | Image |
Lindgren II 2559 | Septimius Severus and Caracalla AE20 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. 5.98 g. AD 193-211. ...CEΠ CEOYH.., laureate head of Septimius Severus right facing laureate and draped bust of Caracalla left. / AYΡ KAΡ KOΛ MHT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right, crescent on filleted globe before head. Lindgren II, 2559; Paris M5507; Dandrow 5 in NC 176; Arslan 15 in Anadolu 1994; Ankara museum 1644.8.1.64. | Text | Image |
Lindgren 2559 | Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. AE19 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. ..CEΠT CE.., laureate head of Septimius Severus right, facing draped bust of Julia Domna(?) left / AVΡ K..., draped bust of Julia Domna right, large crescent to right. cf Lindgren 2559 (Caracalla and Geta ?). | Text | Image |
Lindgren 2564 | Septimius Severus AE16 of Mesopotamia, Carrhae. Laureate head right / KAΠHA (...), Simulacrum of Aphrodite, surmounted by crescent moon and star. | Text | Image |
Mionnet V, 13 | Septimius Severus AE of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 193-211. AYΡH KA..CEOYH, laureate, draped bust of Sept. Severus right, facing draped bust of Caracalla left / AVΡ KAΡ KOΛ M or similar, draped bust of Julia Domna right, crescent on serpent in right field. Mionnet V, 13. | Text | Image |
Mionnet V, 24 | Septimius Severus, AE of Carrhae (as Harran), Mesopotamia. AD 193-211. 8.73 g. CEΠTMIOC CE-OYHΡOC, laureate head right / ΛIA KA KOΛ AYΡH, tetrastyle temple with two side niches and crescent in pediment, baetyl in the centre and a standard on each side. Mionnet V, 24; (under Aelia Capitolina); Paris 1847; Paris Y28638 (this coin); BMC 4; Chwolsohn, "die Ssabier", p. 401. | Text | Image |
Mionnet Supp VIII, 17 corr | Septimius Severus AE16 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate head right / KAΡHANωN AYΡHΛIO, simulacrum of Aphrodite, surmounted by crescent and star. Paris 1834; Mionnet Supp. VIII, 17 corr. (described as simulacrum on table). | Text | Image |
Mionnet S8, 23 var | Septimius Severus, AE20 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 193-211. CEΠT CEVHΡOC, laureate head right / AVΡ KAΡ KOΛ.., laureate head of Caracalla right. Mionnet Supp VIII, 23 var (legends and rev bust type). | Text | Image |
SNG Righetti 2557 | Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AE21 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 193-211. 5.35 g. AYΡH KA... KOΛ, laureate head of Septimius Severus right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left. / AYΡ KAΡ KOΛ MHT, draped bust of Julia Domna right, crescent on stone before head. SNG Righetti 2557; Dandrow 4 in NC 176; Morris Coll. 32159. | Text | Image |
Note: It is now generally accepted that the coins with the Latin legend "COL MET ANTONINIAN" (or similar) on the reverse were more likely to be from Edessa | |||
Bellinger 159 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Carrhae in Mesopotamia. Dated COS 4 = 215-217 AD. AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC C-EB, radiate head right, seen from behind / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATO Δ, eagle standing facing, head right with wreath in beak, star to left, crescent between legs, two dots below. Prieur 830. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
BMC 10 | Caracalla, AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVT K M A(NTΩNEINOC), laureate head right / KAΡ KO MHTΡΠOΛ, Crescent, horns upwards with pendent fillets, placed upon base; eight-pointed star between the horns. BMC 10; cf Lindgren 4452. | Text | Image |
BMC 15 | Caracalla, AE14 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVT K M A(NTΩNEINOC) or similar, laureate head right / KOΛ MHTΡOΠOΛ, Crescent with eight-pointed star within. | Text | Image |
Carrhae BMC 15cf | Caracalla, barbaric style AE14 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVT K M A(NTΩNEINOC) or similar, laureate head right / KOΛ MH.., Crescent with eight-pointed star within. | Text | Image |
BMC 22 | Caracalla, AE19 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 198-217. 4.38 gr. [M ANTON]INVS P F AVG, laureate head right / COI MET ANTONINIANA A[VR ALEX], turreted and veiled head of Tyche right. BMC 22; SNG Cop 177. | Text | Image |
BMC 34 | Caracalla AE13 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. Bust of Caracalla right / turreted bust of Tyche right. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
BMC 38 | Caracalla AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. Bust of Caracalla right /Bust of Tyche right, cornucopiae before. | Text | Image |
BMC 44 | Caracalla, AE21 of Mesopotamia, Carrhae. 197-217 AD. 4,86 g. (from top right) M AVR ANTONINIANAC, laureate head right / COL MET ANTONINIANA, turreted and veiled head of Tyche right, serpent before. BMC 44. | Text | Image |
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BMC 45 | Caracalla and Geta, AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. 4.45g. ANTΩN.., laureate, draped bust of Caracalla right facing bare-headed, draped bust of Geta left / ..NEIA MHTΡOΠO.., Crescent and one star. BMC 45. | Text | Image |
Mionnet 15 | Caracalla AE22 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVT KAI M ANTΩNEINOC, youthful, laureate head right / KAΡ KOΛ MHTΡOΠOΛ, star in crescent, globe and serpent below. | Text | Image |
Mionnet V, 29 | Caracalla and Geta, AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 209-211. 4.90 gr. (both legends from top right) [ANTΩNEIN C] ΓETAC CE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing bare-headed and draped bust of Geta left / KΛΩ[NEI M]HTΡOΠOΛ KAΡΡ, crescent and one star. BMC 45-48; Mionnet V, 29. | Text | Image |
SGI 2701 | Caracalla, billon tetradrachm of Rhesaena or Carrhae. AVT K M ANTΩNINOC C-EB, Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing on bull's head, head right with wreath in beak. Bellinger 160. | Text | Image |
Prieur 820 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 215–217. 14.25 g. AYT K MA ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠA TO Δ, eagle standing right on bull's head with dot to left and right. Prieur 820; Bellinger 158. | Text | Image |
SGI 2702 | Caracalla AE18 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia, M AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / COL MET ANTONINIANA AVR ALEX, veiled and turretted bust of Tyche right. BMC 16. | Text | Image |
Leu 4, 533 | Macrinus, AE tetradrachm copying Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 217-218. 27 mm, 13.71 g. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC Π T (retrograde), eagle standing front, head and tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Crescent between left, star in upper right field. Ancient imitation. Leu 4, 533. | Text | Image |
Prieur 824 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm, Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 217-218, 25 mm, 15.89 g. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC C-EB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing right, wings spread, head right, tail left, wreath in beak, bull's head facing below. Prieur 824; Bellinger 163. | Text | Image |
Prieur 826 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing right on bucranium facing with a dot to left and right, head right, tail left. Prieur 826. | Text | Image |
Prieur 827 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 217-218. 25 mm, 10.66 g. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing right on bull's head, head right, tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Prieur 827. | Text | Image |
Prieur 835 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AD 217-218. 25.5mm., 12.09g. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CE, radiate head right, two dots beneath neck. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing front, head right, tail right, crescent between legs, star at upper left, two dots below. Prieur 835; Bern 2572. | Text | Image |
Prieur 836 | Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVT K M OΠEΛ CE MAKΡEINOC, radiate draped bust right / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing facing, wings open, head right, wreath in its beak, star to left, crescent between legs, two dots in ex. Bellinger 168. | Text | Image |
RW 3cc4858 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. . AD 217-218. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CE, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing front, head and tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Crescent between legs, star in upper right field. Probably an ancient imitation (bust type, star in upper right field, eagle position). RW 3cc4858. | Text | Image |
Mionnet V, 31a | Elagabalus, AE16 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AYT ANTΩNEINOC, radiate head right / KAΡ KOΛ M Π, crescent and one star on globe and serpents. Mionnet V, 31a. | Text | Image |
Mionnet V, 36 | Elagabalus AE16 of Carrhae. AV K ANTΩN, Radiate head right / KAΡ KOΛ M, seven dots in a star formation within crescent. | Text | Image |
Prieur 254 | Elagabalus Billon Tetradrachm of Mesopotamia, Carrhaei(?). AVT K M A (3 dots) ANTΩNEINOC, laureate bust right, draped far shoulder / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATO TO B, D-E, eagle standing facing, tail and head right with wreath in its beak, star between legs. | Text | Image |
Prieur 256 | Elagabalus, Billon tetradrachm, Carrhae mint, Mesopotamia. AD 219-220. 12.49g. AYT K M A dot dot ANTwNEINOC CEB, laureate head left / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATO TO B, eagle standing left, head and tail right, wings spread, wreath in its beak, star between legs, Δ-E across upper fields. Prieur 256. | Text | Image |
BMC 55 | Gordian III, AE27 of Carrhae Mesopotamia. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, Laureate draped bust right / MHTΡ KOΛ KAΡΡHNΩN, Turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche left, small figure on column before, holding wine-skin over shoulder; crescent above. BMC 55. | Text | Image |
BMC 57 | Gordian III Æ 28mm of Carrhae in Mesopotamia. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from behind / MHTΡ KOΛ KAΡΡHNΩN, turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche left; small figure on column before. SNG Cop 187. | Text | Image |
BMC 61 | Gordian III, AE 27 of Carrhae, Mesopotamia. AVTOK M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MHTΡ KOΛ KAΡΡHNΩN, crescent, six-rayed star within. BMC 61; Thomas Coll. 2520. | Text | Image |
See also: | Entry for carrhae on theDigital Historia Numorum | ||