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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2011182, member: 42773&quot;]This coin is not the least bit interesting, visually, but it was minted specifically for the Actia Dousaria, the festival of Dushares, which was held by the Nabataeans every year on December 25, long into the period of Roman rule. This example is quite worn, but you take what you can get with these coins, as they don&#039;t appear on the market very often. Unfortunately they are not dated, as some Actia coins are, so we can only give the range of Phillip&#039;s years of rule.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Provincia Arabia, Philip II </b></p><p>AE28, 14.85g; Bostra mint, 244-247 AD.</p><p>Obv.: [MARC IVL] PHILIPPOS CESAR; Radiate bust right.</p><p>Rev.: COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA; AKTI/A ΔOV/CAPIA in wreath.</p><p>Reference: Spijkerman 59, SNG ANS 1247-50.</p><p>Note: The ‘Aktia Dousaria’ was the festival in honor of Dushara, or Dusares, a Middle-Eastern deity worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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