Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1930 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $70
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ARABIA, Provincial issue probably struck at Bostra, Trajan (A.D. 98-117), silver tridrachm, issued 103-111, (10.99 grams), obv. laureate head of Trajan to right, drapery on left shoulder, around AYTOKP [KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB] **DAK*, rev. Arabia standing to left, camel at feet on left, around **D[HMARC] EX UPAT* E, (S.-, Syd. 182 (Caesarea), SNG Von Post 531 (this coin), Metcalf 2 [ANS MN 20 p.104]). Nearly fine and rare.
Ex. Von Post Collection, Sotheby's London, 9-10th October 1995 (lot 248 part). The attribution away from the traditional city of Caesarea in Cappadocia was first made by W.E. Metcalf in 1975 from the evidence of the Tell Kalak (near Amman, Jordan) hoard [ANS MN 20, p.99]. In that hoard of 2350 coins were found with ten coins of this type present. Kindler (The Coinage of Bostra) attributes the issue to Bostra (Pl.VI, 4).
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