| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 408 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 111 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ARABIA, Bostra. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (28mm, 19.89 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip right, seen from behind / cuirassed bust of Dusares right, wearing taenia, gorgoneion on breastplate. Kindler, Bostra 43; Spijkerman 56; RPC VIII Online 2150 (this coin cited); Rosenberger 49; Sofaer 53. Earthen brown surfaces. Near VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 356 (29 July 2015), lot 404. Dusares (or Dushara) was a pre-Islamic Arabian god and the principal god of the Nabataean pantheon, worshiped primarily at Petra and Hegra. He was the lord of the local Shara mountains and their sun god. A shrine to Dusares was found on the western coast of Italy, in the harbor of Puteoli, a major trading center with Arabia in the first century BC. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
