TRAJAN, (A.D. 98-117), AE as, issued 113, Rome mint, (10.17 g), obv. laureate bust draped to right of Trajan, drapery on far shoulder, around IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V, rev. Arabia standing to left, holding branch and bundle of canes, camel at feet on left, S C across, around S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, ARAB ADQVIS in exergue, (cf.S.3215, RIC 466, cf.C.36). Good very fine, off centred obverse, very scarce.
The Roman Province of Arabia was created in 106 following the annexation of the Nabataean kingdom by Cornelius Palma, governor of Syria.