Description:
Obverse
Coat of arms of Syria inside a dotted circle: hawk of Quraish with 2 stars on the shield holding a scroll with "Syrian Arab Republic" in arabic lettering. Dates (AD left and AH right) in arabic digits below.
Reverse
The ancient city of Palmyra (arc of triumph and decumanus) inside a dotted circle.
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