Bostra [Bosra], front, head of the Elagabalus with laurel wreath to the right, © State Museums of Berlin, Coin Cabinet / Reinhard Saczewski
“Bode Museum is displaying coins from ancient Syrian cities in an exhibition, titled ‘Syria Antiqua – Coins and Monuments on the Museuminsel’, on view through November 5, 2017.
Coins from ancient Syrian cities illustrate impressively the cultural, religious, and political constellations of the time. Mints existed not only in the major trading cities, ports, and havens like Laodicea, Palmyra, and Damascus, but could also be found in centers of cultural and religious life such as Antioch and Emesa. Numerous members of the Roman imperial family, such as Julia Domna and her sister Julia Maesa, came from Syria, one of the greatest and richest provinces of the Roman Empire.
The exhibition is on view at Bode Museum, Am Kupfergraben, 10117 Berlin, Germany”
http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2017/07/01/35436833.html
Bostra, obverse: right-facing head of Elagabalus with laurel wreath; reverse: the god Dusares [Nabataean Dushārā /Dushara] riding on a camel, right-facing. 218–222 AD. © Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Reinhard Saczewski
Source https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/syria-antiqua-coins-and-monuments-on-the-museuminsel/
Nabataean Dushārā (Dusares) — an overlooked cuirassed god
Andreas J. M. Kropp