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Trajan
SNG ANS 1159

Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia, or Caesarea, Cappadocia. COS 6 = 112-117 AD. AVTOKP KAIC NER TRAIANO APICTW CEB GERM DAK, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / DHMARC EX UPATO V, Bactrian (two-humped) camel advancing left. BMC 65, Metcalf 20-21. TextImageImage

Antoninus Pius
Spijkerman 9

Antoninus Pius AE17 mm of Bostra, Decapolis. AVT K CEB OЄ_, laureate head right / Camel standing right. BOC below. TextImage

Spijkerman 8

Antoninus Pius, AE26, Bostra, Arabia. 138–161 AD. AUTOKR KAIS ANTWNINW SEB EUSEBE I, laureate head right / T-UCH NEAS TRA-IANHS BOS-TRAS, temple with two columns enclosing statue of Tyche-Athena-Allath standing, left, wearing helmet, holding patera over horned altar & spear; shield beside her; to left above, a star. Text Image

SNG ANS 1169

Antoninus Pius Æ 31mm of Bostra, in the Syrian Decapolis, Legion III Cyrenaica. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / LEG III CYR, bust of Zeus-Ammon right. Hollard 8, Kindler 19. Text Image

Faustina II
BMC 6

Faustina Sr Æ17. Bostra. QEA F AVCTEINA, veiled & draped bust right / TVXHNEAC TPAIANEC BOCTPAC, City-goddess standing facing, head left, holding scepter & resting left hand on hip. TextImage

Commodus
Spijkerman 31

Commodus AE11 of Bostra, Arabia Petraea. Laureate head right / Camel with one hump, to right. TextImageImage

Spijkerman 31

Commodus Æ 19mm Semis of Bostra, Decapolis, Syria. AV KOMMO ANTWNINO, laureate head right / NTPA BOCTPA, Arabian camel advancing right. Kindler 21, Rosenberger 23, SNG ANS 1195. TextImage

Julia Domna
Spijkerman 36

Julia Domna Æ 26mm of Bostra in the Syrian Decapolis. Dated CY 104 = 209/10 AD. Draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple with statue of Tyche holding scepter & cornucopiae, figure at feet; date to right. Kindler 27, SNGANS 1204. TextImage

Severus Alexander
SNG ANS 1224

Severus Alexander AE20 of Arabia, Bostra. IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust right / COLONIA BOSTRA, draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right wearing solar disk. Lindgren 2536. TextImage

Julia Mamaea
SNG ANS 1237

Julia Mamaea AE19 of Syria, Decapolis, Bostra. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / COLONIA BOSTRA, bust of Zeus-Ammon right. TextImage

SNG ANS 1231

Julia Mamaea AE21 of Bostra in the Syrian Decapolis. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / COLONIA BOSTRA, bust of Tyche left, cornucopia behind shoulder. TextImage

Philip_Ii

SNGANS 1247
Philip II, AE28 of Bostra, Arabia Petraea. 247-249 C.E. 245-246 AD. MAR C IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA around AKTI / ADOU / CARIA, legend in three lines within wreath. Kindler 46; Spijkerman 59; SNG ANS 1247-50 (same dies as 1247).TextFull Size
See also: Entry for Bostra on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Bosra in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Bostra at AncientImports.com
Search for Bostra at Incitatus Coins

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