★ Personification of Arabia ★

Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE Sestertius (31.1 mm, 23.1 g.). Rome, 111 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head of Trajan to right, slight drapery on far shoulder. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel on left and bundle of canes S-C across fields, ARAB ADQVIS in exergue. RIC II 466. Cohen 32. Woytek 363b. BMCRE 877. Very fine.