TYPE Greek Imperial, Marcus Aurelius (161-80 AD), bronze AE23 of Carrhae (Mesopotamia) DESCRIPTION . Obv: Laur. head of Aurelius to right, Greek legend: KAIS MAR AVRELI OUER Rev: Star in crescent, globe below, Greek legend KARINON FILOROM (ethnic faint) REFERENCE: SGI 1690 GRADING: F+, scarce ORDER INFO: R2761, $48 A scarcer type and locale altogether, additionally interesting for the unusual epithet of this city straddling the border between Mesopotamia and Commagene, "friend of Rome" (occasionally found with client kings in Parthia and Cappadocia), as well as the fact that the name Verus (here in Greek version, Oueros) is seldom used by Aurelius following his accesion.