Æ18 - Elagabalus ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘΕΟϹ

Bostra's civic coinage under Elagabalus continued the city's long-standing practice of honoring Dushara, the principal Nabataean deity whose cult had deep roots in the region long before the Roman annexation of Arabia in 106 AD. The epithet ΘΕΟϹ paired with the Grecized ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ reflects the syncretizing impulse of the Severan period, blending Nabataean religious identity with the Greek divine vocabulary that Roman provincial administration preferred.