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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Animals| ▸ |Camel||View Options:   | | | The camel was a symbol of Arabia. |
RY51664. Bronze quadrans, Kindler 5, Spijkerman 9, SNG ANS 1171, aVF, weight 4.118 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 180o, Bostra (Bosra, Syria) mint, obverse ANTΩN CEB, laureate head right; reverse BOCT, camel walking right; SOLD
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Bostra, Arabia
Bostra (Basra today) was the capital of the Provincia Arabia when founded by Trajan in 106 A.D. Under Severus Alexander, Bostra was elevated to the rank of Roman Colony. -- "Guide to Biblical Coins" by David HendinRY06567. Bronze AE 12, RPC Online IV-3 T6739 (5 specimens), Kindler Bostra 21a, Spijkerman 31, SNG ANS 1196, BMC Arabia 15, aVF, weight 0.990 g, maximum diameter 12.3 mm, die axis 180o, Bostra (Bosra, Syria) mint, Mar/Apr 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D.; obverse AY KOMOΔ ANTΩNINO (or similar), laureate head right; reverse N TPA BOCTPA (or similar), camel walking right; rare; SOLD
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Bostra, Arabia
Bostra was the northern Nabataean capital, until Trajan annexed the kingdom. It was then capital of Provincia Arabia, where the Third Legio Cyrenaica was garrisoned. The emperor Philip was born in Bostra and designated it a metropolis.MA111821. Silver drachm, RPC Online III 4074, Metcalf Tell Kalak 16, Sydenham Caesarea 185 (Caesarea), cf. SNG ANS 6 1157 (year 18), Kindler Bostra -, SNG Cop -, F, weight 2.999 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 180o, Bostra (Bosra, Syria) mint, 10 Dec 112 - 9 Dec 113 A.D.; obverse AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIAN CEB ΓEPM ΔAK (Imperator Caesar Nerva Augustus Germanicus Dacicus), laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞ IZ YΠAT ς (holder of Tribunitian power for 17 years, consul for the 6th time), Arabia standing facing, head left, wearing chiton, peplos and stephane, branch downward in right hand, bundle of cinnamon sticks in left hand, camel left in background on left; SOLD
Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
BB50342. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Cyzicus 55, aVF, weight 2.322 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, die axis 0o, 1st officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, 328 - 329 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINVS AVG, diademed head right; reverse PROVIDENTIAE AVGG (to the foresight of the two emperors), campgate with two turrets, star above, SMKA in exergue; interesting diadem; scarce; SOLD
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Bostra, Provincial Arabia
The camel was the sacred animal and symbol of Dusares, the main Nabataean god. Camels were sacrificed to him. The Romans made the camel their symbol of Arabia.SH90321. Silver drachm, Sydenham Caesarea 204; Kindler Bostra pl. VI, 10 ff. var.; BMC Galatia p. 54, 65 var. (Caesarea, Cappadocia); SNG ANS 1159 var. (all var. bust), gVF, superb heroic portrait, weight 3.409 g, maximum diameter 18.5 mm, die axis 180o, Bostra (Bosra, Syria) mint, 112 - 117 A.D.; obverse AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANΩ APICTΩ CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate, bare-chest bust right, with slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠA TO Σ (holder of Tribunitian power, consul for the 6th time), Bactrian camel, with two humps, walking left on exergual line; ex Frascatius Ancient Coins, extremely rare with this bust; SOLD
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