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LOT 3491
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 114-116.
ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ, camel standing to left. Cf. RPC III 4078 (Arabian mint); Ganschow, Münzen X19b; Metcalf, Tell Kalak -; Sydenham, Caesarea 204. Near Very Fine.(2.86gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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