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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3454897, member: 87809"]Sharing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertius, Trajan</p><p>28 x 30 mm, 19.96 g;</p><p>Arabia Petraea, Bostra, (previously attributed to Cyrenaica, Cyrene), 103 - 111 AD</p><p>This issue 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>Ref.: Sydenham, Caesarea 232; RPC III 5; Lindgren I 1703 (Cyrene); Sear 1068; Kindler, Bostra 5; </p><p>Obv.: AYTOKP KAIΣ NEP TPAIANO ΣEB ΓEPM ΔAK Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder</p><p>Rev.: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT ΓE Head of Zeus-Ammon r.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]918448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]918449[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Then, in 2018 I came across this hemidrachm with the same heads and of course had to buy it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Hemidrachm, 15.68 mm, 1.53 g;</p><p>Cyrenaica, Cyrene, 100 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't know if Kindler's argument applies also to this issue</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref.: RPC III, 3, Sydenham 178; Metcalf, Silver P. 83, note 1 (for attribution to Cyrene); Sear 1068; </p><p>Obv.: AΥT KAIΣ NEΡ TΡAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder (?)</p><p>Rev.: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT Γ Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon r.with ram’s horn over his ear</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]918459[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3454897, member: 87809"]Sharing;): Sestertius, Trajan 28 x 30 mm, 19.96 g; Arabia Petraea, Bostra, (previously attributed to Cyrenaica, Cyrene), 103 - 111 AD This issue 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. Ref.: Sydenham, Caesarea 232; RPC III 5; Lindgren I 1703 (Cyrene); Sear 1068; Kindler, Bostra 5; Obv.: AYTOKP KAIΣ NEP TPAIANO ΣEB ΓEPM ΔAK Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder Rev.: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT ΓE Head of Zeus-Ammon r. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]918448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]918449[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] Then, in 2018 I came across this hemidrachm with the same heads and of course had to buy it:happy:: AR Hemidrachm, 15.68 mm, 1.53 g; Cyrenaica, Cyrene, 100 AD Don't know if Kindler's argument applies also to this issue Ref.: RPC III, 3, Sydenham 178; Metcalf, Silver P. 83, note 1 (for attribution to Cyrene); Sear 1068; Obv.: AΥT KAIΣ NEΡ TΡAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM Laureate bust of Trajan r., slight drapery on far shoulder (?) Rev.: ΔHMAPX - EΞ YΠAT Γ Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon r.with ram’s horn over his ear [CENTER][ATTACH=full]918459[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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