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Auction 98  6-7 Jun 2017
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Lot 1788

Starting price: 3500 USD
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A complete set of 7 coins celebrating the establishment of Provincia Araba under Trajan and Bostra as its capital. The principal 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 $3,500 - 4,000
From the Alan Leventen Collection.
Many of the Bar Kohkba Revolt coins were over-struck on these Bostra types.
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