Faustina II, AR denarius of Edessa or Carrhae, Mesopotamia. 18 mm, 3.5 g.

FAYCTINA CEBACTH, draped bust right.
YPER NIKHC RWMAIWN, female deity standing left, holding 
globe and cornucopiae.

BMC 5 (Edessa).
Rare.

Note: Babelon attributes the types with this reverse to Carrhae. "The thing that proves the source as Carrhae is that [this reverse legend] continued to be used for that city's coinage".

With permission of Münzen & Medaillen (DE) auction 20, Lot 997 (Righetti Coll. Part 8, 997), Oct. 2006.