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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Arabia| > RX73104
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Petra, Arabia
|Roman| |Arabia|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.,| |Petra,| |Arabia|,
At the end of the narrow gorge, the Siq, stands Petra's most elaborate ruin, popularly known as Al-Khazneh ("the Treasury"), hewn into the sandstone cliff. While remaining in remarkably preserved condition, the face of the structure is marked by hundreds of bullet holes made by the local Bedouin tribes that hoped to dislodge riches that were once rumored to be hidden within it. A little farther from the Treasury, at the foot of the mountain called en-Nejr, is a massive theater, positioned so as to bring the greatest number of tombs within view. At the point where the valley opens out into the plain, the site of the city is revealed with striking effect. The theater was cut into the hillside and into several of the tombs during its construction. Rectangular gaps in the seating are still visible. Almost enclosing it on three sides are rose-colored mountain walls, divided into groups by deep fissures and lined with knobs cut from the rock in the form of towers.Theater
RX73104. Bronze AE 24, cf. Sofaer 31 (very similar crude variant); SGICV 2281; Spijkerman 28 ff. (all slightly different in some way); SNG ANS -; Meshorer-; Rosenberger -, aVF, centers not fully struck, closed crack, Petra (Jordan) mint, weight 8.759g, maximum diameter 24.4mm, die axis 180o, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse AY K Λ CEΠT CEOYHPOC ΠEP CEB (or similar), laureate bust right, bare shoulders from behind; reverse AΔ(P) ΔE(TPA) MHTPOΠOΛIC (or similar), Tyche seated left on rock, wearing turreted crown, veil, long chiton and mantle, right hand extended, open and empty, trophy over left shoulder in left hand; SOLD



  






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