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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5299741, member: 87809&quot;]This one has seen a number of varying attributions over the decades, but Arie Kindler argues convincingly for Bostra, in Arabia Petraea, where the III Legion Cyrenaica was stationed after being transferred eastward during Trajan’s Arabian campaign.</p><p>Bostra was the first Nabatean city in the 2nd century BC. The Nabatean Kingdom was conquered by Cornelius Palma, a general of Trajan, in 106 AD. Bostra was renamed Nova Trajana Bostra and was the residence of the Legio III Cyrenaica. It was made capital of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Soon after the Roman occupation. Bosra began to mint its own coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Sestertius, Arabia Petraea, Bostra, (previously attributed to Cyrenaica, Cyrene) 103 - 111 AD</p><p>28 x 30 mm, 19.995 g;</p><p>RPC III 5;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: AYTOKP KAIΣ NEP TPAIANO ΣEB ΓEPM ΔAK Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder</p><p>Rev.: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT E Head of Zeus-Ammon r.[ATTACH=full]1223327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1223328[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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