Lot 3463
Sale 81 · Important Australian, New Zealand & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 113, Rome mint, (3.300 grams), obv. laureate bust draped on far shoulder to right of Trajan, around IM[P T]RAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS [VI P P], rev. ARAB ADQ in exergue, Arabia standing to front looking left, holding branch and bundle of rods, at feet a camel to left, around S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, (S.3118, BMC 474, RIC 245, RSC.26). Nearly extremely fine, scarce.
The Roman province of Arabia was created in 106 A.D., following the annexation of the Nabataean kingdom by Cornelius Palma the Governor of Syria.
- Estimate
- $400
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $380