Obverse
Coat of arms of Syria inside a dotted circle: hawk of Quraish with two stars on the shield holding a scroll with “Syrian Arab Republic” in Arabic lettering. Dates (AD left and AH right) in Arabic digits below.
Script: Arabic
Translation:
Syrian Arab Republic
AD2003 – AH1424
Reverse
The ancient city of Palmyra (arc of triumph and decumanus) inside a dotted circle and a latent image of CBS and 10.
Script: Arabic
Translation:
Syrian Arab Republic
10
Ten Syrian Pounds
Edge
Reeded with inscription
Script: Latin
Lettering: 10 SYRIAN POUNDS *
Translation: Ten Syrian Pounds
Mint
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)