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Roman Provincial: Mesopotamia-Rhesaena
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Caracalla, AE18, 198-217, Mesopotamia-Rhesaena
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CEB
Laureate head right on eagle standing right, bull in left field facing
downward, bull in right
field facing upward
LEG | III
Vexillum, ribbons on middle of pole, holding banner for Legion III Parthica
17mm x 18mm, 3.06g
Lindgren II, 2606
Note: Legion III Parthica was comprised of approximately 3,500 troops when created in Rheseana by Septimius Severus for the Parthian Campaign of
197-199. The bull was the legion mascot.
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