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2 Pounds Roman Theatre at Bosra
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Nickel clad steel |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprises the Syrian coat of arms — the Hawk of Quraish displayed, bearing a shield charged with two stars — all contained within a thirteen-sided (tridecagonal) border. The hawk's talons grip a ribbon scroll inscribed with the country name in Arabic. The denomination '2' and the value legend appear in the field, with the AD year (left) and AH year (right) rendered in Eastern Arabic numerals below the central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية السورية ١٤١٦ ١٩٩٦ ليرتان ٢ سوريان (Translation: Syrian Arab Republic AD1996 - AH1416 Two 2 Syrian Pounds) |
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Bosra's Roman theatre, built in the second century AD under Trajan and later modified by the Byzantines, is among the best-preserved in the world — largely because the medieval Ayyubid dynasty encased it within a fortified citadel, which protected the scaena from centuries of quarrying and war damage. Syria began issuing a consistent series of architectural and archaeological commemoratives in the 1990s as the Assad government promoted heritage tourism, and Bosra was a recurring subject given its UNESCO listing in 1980.