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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4694258, member: 99456"]Nice pickups [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER], the RIC 364 ticks several boxes for me: the unusual horizontal reverse legend, and Judea mourning on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also a fan of the Trajan ARABIA with camel - although I struggle to see camel, with hind legs out of sight it looks more like a long legged goose to me. This one a different variant without the exergue legend <i>ARAB ADQ</i> (Arabia Adquisita - Arabia acquired):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153930[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan</b>, AD 98-117, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck circa AD 110</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate bust right, slight drapery</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at feet to left</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.142_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.142_denarius" rel="nofollow">RIC II 142</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and I can't resist including a coin of "Arabia Felix" before being "acquired":</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153955[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Arabia Felix, Himyarites</b>, "RYDN" Royal Series, "'MDN BYN YNF" (Amdan Bayyin Yanaf), circa 80-100 AD, AR Scyphate Quinarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Male head right within torc</p><p><b>Rev:</b> "'MDNIBYN" around, "RYDN" in exergue, small head right; "sceptre" symbol before; YNF monogram behind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4694258, member: 99456"]Nice pickups [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER], the RIC 364 ticks several boxes for me: the unusual horizontal reverse legend, and Judea mourning on the reverse. I am also a fan of the Trajan ARABIA with camel - although I struggle to see camel, with hind legs out of sight it looks more like a long legged goose to me. This one a different variant without the exergue legend [I]ARAB ADQ[/I] (Arabia Adquisita - Arabia acquired): [ATTACH=full]1153930[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan[/B], AD 98-117, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck circa AD 110 [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate bust right, slight drapery [B]Rev:[/B] Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at feet to left [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.142_denarius']RIC II 142[/URL] and I can't resist including a coin of "Arabia Felix" before being "acquired": [ATTACH=full]1153955[/ATTACH] [B]Arabia Felix, Himyarites[/B], "RYDN" Royal Series, "'MDN BYN YNF" (Amdan Bayyin Yanaf), circa 80-100 AD, AR Scyphate Quinarius [B]Obv:[/B] Male head right within torc [B]Rev:[/B] "'MDNIBYN" around, "RYDN" in exergue, small head right; "sceptre" symbol before; YNF monogram behind.[/QUOTE]
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