ARABIA, Bostra. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (23mm, 7.54 g, 6h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Turreted bust of Arabia right, wearing billowing mantle, holding two children in her arms. Kindler 16; Spijkerman 1; Rosenberger 1; RPC III 4082; Sofaer 3 var. (bust seen from front, not side). Brown patina with earthen deposits, some pitting. Near VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Abramowitz Family Collection (Superior, 8 December 1993), lot 232.
Kindler suggests the two children represent the regions of Auranitis (Hauran) and Arabia Petraea.