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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 8080981, member: 42773"]The final word (to date) on the coinage of Bostra is Arie Kindler's <i>Coinage of Bostra</i>, published in 1983 by Aris and Phillips. I bought a copy some years ago which I posted in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-coinage-of-bostra-kindler.258974/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-coinage-of-bostra-kindler.258974/">this thread</a>. My book has a nice provenance, <i>ex libris</i> Bruce R. Brace. Brace was considered by many to be the dean of Roman numismatics in Canada. (His extensive collection was sold by CNG in 2011 and 2012.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Kindler was the director of the Kadman Numismatic Museum in Tel Aviv. The book is not merely a sylloge. It contains a 100-page analysis that covers the geography and history of Bostra, its relationship to Petra, the Roman governors of Provincia Arabia, a summary of archaeological and numismatic research, the monetary system, countermarks, misattributions, and the catalog with 10 pages of plates. (Not to mention three excursus concerning the Nabataean deity Dusares, Legio III Cyrenaica, and the Roman Provincial Mint.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if one is not interested in the coinage of Bostra <i>per se</i>, it's eminently worth reading the book as an elegant, penetrating, and inspiring work of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kindler does not begin the chronology with any coins of Hadrian. In fact, there is no mention of Hadrian, even in his discussion of misattributions and excluded coins. He starts the list with a quasi-autonomous issue with bust of Tyche and two camels, although he includes the caveat that Hill questioned this attribution, pointing out the similarity of the Tyche/Camels type to one of Orthosia, Phoenicia. The catalog proper begins with Antoninus Pius.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only coin of Bostra at the moment is this dupondius-sized bronze of Philip II. The ‘Aktia Dousaria’ was a festival in honor of Dushara, or Dusares, a Middle-Eastern deity worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh. It was held every year on December 25.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1403085[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PROVINCIA ARABIA. Philip II.</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: SNG ANS 1247-50, Kindler 46.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - I've attached a few images to this post which will be of interest to you: Kindler's discussion of the Tyche and barley types, The two pages with Faustina I's coin types, and the plate that has her coins on it. This material is legally excerpted under fair use laws, as it is less that 1/6th of the work, and it's properly attributed. (I haven't inserted the images in the post, just to keep it succinct.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 8080981, member: 42773"]The final word (to date) on the coinage of Bostra is Arie Kindler's [I]Coinage of Bostra[/I], published in 1983 by Aris and Phillips. I bought a copy some years ago which I posted in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-book-coinage-of-bostra-kindler.258974/']this thread[/URL]. My book has a nice provenance, [I]ex libris[/I] Bruce R. Brace. Brace was considered by many to be the dean of Roman numismatics in Canada. (His extensive collection was sold by CNG in 2011 and 2012.) Kindler was the director of the Kadman Numismatic Museum in Tel Aviv. The book is not merely a sylloge. It contains a 100-page analysis that covers the geography and history of Bostra, its relationship to Petra, the Roman governors of Provincia Arabia, a summary of archaeological and numismatic research, the monetary system, countermarks, misattributions, and the catalog with 10 pages of plates. (Not to mention three excursus concerning the Nabataean deity Dusares, Legio III Cyrenaica, and the Roman Provincial Mint.) Even if one is not interested in the coinage of Bostra [I]per se[/I], it's eminently worth reading the book as an elegant, penetrating, and inspiring work of numismatics. Kindler does not begin the chronology with any coins of Hadrian. In fact, there is no mention of Hadrian, even in his discussion of misattributions and excluded coins. He starts the list with a quasi-autonomous issue with bust of Tyche and two camels, although he includes the caveat that Hill questioned this attribution, pointing out the similarity of the Tyche/Camels type to one of Orthosia, Phoenicia. The catalog proper begins with Antoninus Pius. My only coin of Bostra at the moment is this dupondius-sized bronze of Philip II. The ‘Aktia Dousaria’ was a festival in honor of Dushara, or Dusares, a Middle-Eastern deity worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh. It was held every year on December 25. [ATTACH=full]1403085[/ATTACH] PROVINCIA ARABIA. Philip II. AE28, 14.85g; Bostra mint, 244-247 AD. Obv.: [MARC IVL] PHILIPPOS CESAR; Radiate bust right. Rev.: COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA; AKTI/A ΔOV/CAPIA in wreath. Reference: SNG ANS 1247-50, Kindler 46. [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - I've attached a few images to this post which will be of interest to you: Kindler's discussion of the Tyche and barley types, The two pages with Faustina I's coin types, and the plate that has her coins on it. This material is legally excerpted under fair use laws, as it is less that 1/6th of the work, and it's properly attributed. (I haven't inserted the images in the post, just to keep it succinct.)[/QUOTE]
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