Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 123 23-24 May 2023
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ARABIA, Bostra(?). Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tridrachm (25mm, 10.24 g, 7h). Struck AD 112-114. Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Cult image of Artemis of Perge within distyle shrine set on four steps; eagle in pediment. Ganschow, Münzen X15d; RPC III 4071 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 4; Sydenham, Caesarea 190. Attractive cabinet tone, minor pitting. Good VF.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.
Traditionally thought to be tridrachms, but more recently termed tetradrachms (see K. Butcher, "The silver coinage of Roman Arabia," Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE-135 CE [London, 2012], p. 208). Ganschow, in his 2018 corpus, identifies them as tridrachms still.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.
Traditionally thought to be tridrachms, but more recently termed tetradrachms (see K. Butcher, "The silver coinage of Roman Arabia," Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE-135 CE [London, 2012], p. 208). Ganschow, in his 2018 corpus, identifies them as tridrachms still.