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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 4496963, member: 10613&quot;]I sold this nice example to an expat in Saudi Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115470[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan</p><p>A.D. 103-111</p><p>Æ As&nbsp;&nbsp; 25x26mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 9.3gm</p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P; laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C; Arabia standing with head left, she holds branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks (?); at her feet, a camel.</p><p>In ex. ARAB ADQVIS</p><p>RIC II Rome 466</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type commemorates the annexation of Arabia in A.D. 106. “The submission of the Nabatean kingdom to Roman rule was a diplomatic rather than a military achievement. This was accomplished by Cornelius Palma, governor of Syria.” RIC II pg. 239[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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