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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2805945, member: 75937"]<b>Bostra</b>, the modern (Arabic) Buṣrā al-Shām, is a ruined Syrian city, 67 miles (108 km) south of Damascus. First a Nabataean city, it was conquered by Trajan, who made it the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, and served as a key Roman fortress east of the Jordan River. The city eventually achieved the title metropolis under the Roman emperor Philip I "the Arab," who was a native of the city. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655459[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Considerable ruins still stand at the site, which has been declared a <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22" rel="nofollow">World Heritage Center</a> by the United Nations.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655460[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655461[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655462[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235 </p><p>Roman provincial AE 23 </p><p>Arabia, Bostra; 4.86 g, 22.45, 5:00 </p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right </p><p>Rev: COLONIA BOSTRA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left, cornucopia over shoulder </p><p>Refs: SNG ANS 1231; Kindler 40; Spijkerman 54; Rosenberger 46[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2805945, member: 75937"][B]Bostra[/B], the modern (Arabic) Buṣrā al-Shām, is a ruined Syrian city, 67 miles (108 km) south of Damascus. First a Nabataean city, it was conquered by Trajan, who made it the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, and served as a key Roman fortress east of the Jordan River. The city eventually achieved the title metropolis under the Roman emperor Philip I "the Arab," who was a native of the city. [ATTACH=full]655459[/ATTACH] Considerable ruins still stand at the site, which has been declared a [URL='http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22']World Heritage Center[/URL] by the United Nations. [ATTACH=full]655460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]655461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]655462[/ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235 Roman provincial AE 23 Arabia, Bostra; 4.86 g, 22.45, 5:00 Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right Rev: COLONIA BOSTRA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left, cornucopia over shoulder Refs: SNG ANS 1231; Kindler 40; Spijkerman 54; Rosenberger 46[/QUOTE]
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