Trajan, Rome mint, 112-114 AD.,
As (ø 24,5-27 mm / 10,16 g), copper, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG [GER D]AC P M TR [P C]OS [VI P P] , his lautreate, bust facing right, drapery on far shoulder.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / S - C / ARAB ADQ , Arabia standing front, head left, holding branch and bundle of rods, camel standing left at feet.
RIC II, 287, 611 (scarce) ; MIR 456b ; Coh. 30 .
This issue commemorates Cornelius Palma's conquest of Arabia Petrae ca. 105-106 AD. and his establishment of a new province there perhaps a couple of years later (Strack, Traian, pp. 194-5).