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Æ25 - Antoninus Pius ΤΥΧΗ ΝΕΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ ΒοϹΤΡΑϹ
| Issuer | Bostra (Arabia) |
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| Year | 138-161 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Arabian civic coinage. The emperor's portrait occupies the central field, with the laurel wreath clearly articulated across the brow. A Greek imperial legend encircles the bust in the periphery, reading in the dative case as a dedication to the reigning emperor. The flan is irregularly shaped, as is typical of hammered provincial bronzes of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle or distyle temple facade is depicted, with two prominent columns framing a standing cult statue identified as Tyche-Athena-Allath, a syncretic deity combining Greek, Roman, and Nabataean religious traditions. The goddess stands to the left, helmeted, holding a patera over a horned altar in her right hand and a spear in her left, with a shield at her side. A star appears in the upper left field, adding a celestial or divine attribute to the composition. The Greek legend naming the Fortune of the New Trajanic Bostra encircles the reverse design. The type reflects the civic pride of Bostra following its refounding under Trajan as capital of the newly established provincia Arabia. |
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