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PLATE
(ii)
3&SP
m^ 1
(iii)
a. COINS: SACRAL STOOL AND PILLAR IN SHRINE
(i) Reverse; reign of Wa'el bar Sahru. The Syriac legend is probably
to be read, The go d Nahai
(ii) Reverse; reign of Wa'el bar Sahru. The Syriac legend is probably
to be read, The go d Nahai.
(iii) Reverse; reign of Elegabalus (or Caracalla). Two busts of City-
goddess
(iv) Obverse; busts of Elegabalus and Alexander Severus
(i) (ii)
b. COINS: KINGS OF EDESSA
(i) Obverse; Abgar the Great
(ii) Obverse; Wa'el bar Sahru
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