A 100-pound note from the Central Bank of Syria, of a design first issued in 2009; this example is dated 2021. The front shows a monumental Roman arch and the stepped seating of an ancient theatre, the Roman theatre at Bosra. The back shows the Central Bank building in Damascus, a small domed pavilion and a Roman coin of the emperor Philip the Arab. Philip, who ruled from 244 to 249, was born in southern Syria.