98 AD - 117 AD

Bostra   Decapolis-Arabia    Traianus
Βόστρα   Δεκάπολις-Aραβία   Τραϊανός

 Tetradrachm / Τετράδραχμον AR 22
4133

4133 Bostra Decapoli-Arabias Traianus Tetradrachm AR

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11.39 g   21.4-22.6 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF
Draped bust of Laureate Traianus right;
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK clockwise around; border of dots.
Arabia standing left holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel behind;
ΔHMARX / [EΞ YΠ]AT E clockwise around.
W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANS MN 20 (1975), 2
ANS VI 1153/1154; Sydenham, Caesarea 182
Ex CNG 250E/284, 23.2.2011

Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 26.1.2018