318, Lot: 468. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARABIA, Bostra. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (20mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery / Turreted bust of Arabia right, wearing billowing mantle, holding two children. Kindler 16; Rosenberger 1; Sofaer 3 var. (bust seen from front, not side). Near VF, earthen brown patina.
Kindler suggests the two children represent the regions of Auranitis (Hauran) and Arabia Petraea.