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2 Pounds Roman Theatre at Bosra
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 6 g |
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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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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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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.