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100 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Pound (1919-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the ancient Roman gateway known as Bab el-Hawa (Gate of the Wind), the western gate of Bosra constructed in black basalt stone, situated at the terminus of the Decumanus Maximus. The Bosra amphitheatre appears as a secondary vignette, rendered in fine intaglio line work against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي في سوريا ۱۰۰ مائة ليباس السوري (Translation: Central Bank of Syria 100 One Hundred Syrian Pounds) |
| Reverse description | The ornate dome of the Treasury (Bayt al-Mal) of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus occupies the upper vignette, rendered in detailed intaglio engraving. Below, the Central Bank of Syria building on Sabaa Bahrat Square (Square of the Seven Fountains) is depicted alongside a representation of an ancient silver Antoninianus coin of Roman Emperor Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus, r. 244–249 AD), all set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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