Stack's 
Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections 
Auction date: 11 January 2010 
Lot number: 175 
Price realized: 220 USD + buyer's fees. 

Mesopotamia. Edessa. Waël, son of Sahru, A.D. 163-165/6. AE 20 mm. 8.99 grams. 

Obv: Draped bust of Waël left within wreathed border. 
Rv. Square cultus object within distyle temple with triform star 
in pediment, viewed in perspective from the left. 

Lindgren III 1560. Hunterian III p. 304, 1. BMC p. 91, 2.

Very Good. (Est. $400-500)

Waël was the Parthian client-ruler who was installed on the 
throne of Edessa by Vologases IV in 163, probably to counter 
Roman influence in the city under the Roman-backed Ma'nu. 
In 165/6, after a brief reign lasting a mere two years, Waël 
was deposed by the Romans under Lucius Verus, who had laid siege 
to and captured the city, and Ma'nu was reinstalled as the 
Roman client-ruler of Edessa. 

From the Estate of Cornelius C. Vermeule. 

Courtesy of Stack's Auctions, March 2010.