ARABIA, Bostra. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.40 g, 8h). Struck AD 114-116. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TRAIANω APRICTω CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ HYPATOς, camel left. W.E. Metcalf, “The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan’s Arabian Mint,”
ANSMN 20, 19 var. (capital Ω’s in obv. legend); SNG ANS 1158 var. (bust seen from behind); cf. Sydenham,
Caesarea 205 (view of bust not specified); SNG von Aulock 6408 var. (bust seen from behind). Good VF.
