Lot 3462

Description

Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 113, Rome mint, (2.97 g), obv. laureate bust draped on far shoulder to right of Trajan, around IMP TRAIANO 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 canes, at feet a camel to left, around S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, (S.3118, BMC 474, RIC 244-5, RSC.26). Lacquered, toned, otherwise extremely fine, scarce.

Ex J. Eric Engstrom, USA Collection.
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.