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Ancient Coins
A
COMPLETE
SET OF
7
COINS
STRUCK
IN
B
OSTRA
1870
A complete set of 7 coins celebrating the establishment of Provincia Araba under Trajan and Bostra as its capital.
. The princi-
pal type depicts Provincia Arabia standing facing, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon(?) sticks with a camel at her side. The drachms
depict a camel standing left. Lot includes a silver denarius (EF) and a bronze sestertius (EF), dupondius (Choice VF) and as (VF) from the mint
at Rome. The pieces from Bostra include a silver tridrachm (VF) and two silver drachms, one each having a left facing (VF+) and right facing
(VF) portrait of Trajan.
Estimate Value ..................................................................................................................................................................... $5,000 - UP
Many of the Bar Kohkba Revolt coins were over-struck on these Bostra types.