ARABIA, Bostra. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (28mm, 19.89 g, 7h). Near VF.

Electronic Auction 558
Lot: 408. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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ARABIA, Bostra. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (28mm, 19.89 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip right, seen from behind / cuirassed bust of Dusares right, wearing taenia, gorgoneion on breastplate. Kindler, Bostra 43; Spijkerman 56; RPC VIII Online 2150 (this coin cited); Rosenberger 49; Sofaer 53. Earthen brown surfaces. Near VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 356 (29 July 2015), lot 404.

Dusares (or Dushara) was a pre-Islamic Arabian god and the principal god of the Nabataean pantheon, worshiped primarily at Petra and Hegra. He was the lord of the local Shara mountains and their sun god. A shrine to Dusares was found on the western coast of Italy, in the harbor of Puteoli, a major trading center with Arabia in the first century BC.

Closing Date and Time: 20 March 2024 at 12:15:40 ET.

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