Abgar V, King of Osroene, with his capital at Edessa

Abgar V, called Ukkama, King of Osroene, with his capital at Edessa (c. 1st century BC - 50 AD). One of the first Christian kings in history, converted by Thaddeus of Edessa. Abgaro Re. From a bronze medal. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Bronze Medal Classical Mythology Coin Convert Edessa Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Mesopotamia Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth

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