RP92423. Silver drachm, cf. Metcalf Tell Kalak 15 - 17 (years 16 - 18), SNG ANS 6 1156 (also date illegible), SNG Cop -,
VF, fantastic bold "caricature" portrait, dark old cabinet tone, slightly off center, light marks, edge crack, Bostra (Bosra, Syria) mint, weight 3.082g, maximum diameter 18.1mm, die axis 210
o, Jan 112 - Aug 114 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 Iς (or IZ, or IH) YΠAT ς (holder of Tribunitian power for 16 (or 17, or 18) 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; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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