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Trajan. (98-117 AD). Silver denarius (3.54 gm, 18 mm). Rome, 112 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck / ARAB ADQ SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Arabia standing right, head left, holding branch and pointed bundle of rods, camel at her feet. BMCRE 474. Cohen 26 (3 Fr.). RIC 245.Very fine -. Cornelius Palma, Trajan's governor of Syria, conquered Arabia Petrea, comprising the Sinai Peninsula and parts of present-day Jordon, in 105 or 106 AD.