Details
LOT 3614
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 112-114.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ [...], Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel to left at feet and bundle of cinnamon sticks. RPC III 4073-5 (Arabian mint); Metcalf 15-7. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.(2.99gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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