My latest lot of Nabataeans

Latest lot of 8 and sample flip labels

 

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So many Nabateans @Deacon Ray . That is a very attractive group of coins. Sadly I still don't have one, but man i wish i did.

 

Colorful and nice looking bunch Deacon. Your flip insert looks good to. It almost makes me want to make inserts for my token collection with unit patches on them...I bet that would be cool...and a lot of work.

Ya and have you noticed that a particular seller doesn't ever have any for sale?

Looking at you @John Anthony

 

Like a boss!

Erin

 

Great graphic, but there's one slight problem: not a single one of those coins is attributable to Malichus II - they all belong to either Aretas IV or Rabbel II. Also, the name of the queen in question is customarily transliterated as Shaqilat. The vowels are a guess, as Nabataean is an abjad, but the second consonant is definitely qoph, or Q. W isn't correct, but I think it's just a typo.

 

Nice Nabataean coins. I only got a couple, thanks for reminding me to pick up a few more.

 

nice D Ray, and i like your new avitar sign

 

Nice coins, great display !

Q

 

Thanks, John! The descriptions need some work.

 

D-Ray => wow, that's a fantastic new batch of Judean babies! (congrats)

Hey, it sounds like JA is struttin' his Nabtaeanism around a bit, eh?

... just jokes, JA ...

Man, it always looks good on you (the good ol' Naboteenering days, before you became the cheap-man's Harlan Berk)

 

Thanks, Steve! JA's one of my heroes @John Anthony, I'm honored that he took the time to comment on my poor man's gallery! He's correct, the coin descriptions need some work and I'm weak on Malichus II.

Aww shucks, you're one of my heroes too!

 

Good stuff Deacon Ray! I really like your presentations.


Nabataea, Petra. Aretas IV and Phasael AE14, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
Obv: laureate head of Aretas right.
Rev: two cornucopias paired right, palm frond left, Aramaic monogram FS (Phasael).
14mm.


Arabia Petraea, Petra. Faustina Sr. AE16
Obv: ThEA FAV [CTEINA]. Draped and veiled bust r.
Rev: City-goddess stg. facing, hd. l., holding scepter and resting hand on hip.

 

here's my "not cheap" Nabataean silver shekel turned Roman drachm/denarius... this coin is so many things @ once specials thanks to JA for attribution

 

Regardless of the attribution, these are great coins and I really like your display/gift holders Ray!

I believe that often ancient coin collections are not displayed in a manner that makes them interesting and understandable to non-collectors. Glad to see you doing something about that!

 

very true!

 

Regardless of the attributions, I cannot get over how nice your presentations are @Deacon Ray. They make the coins appear attractive, and draw the eye. Have you thought of doing an exhibit at one of the coin shows?

 

Thank you for your kind words, ancientcoinguru! That sounds like a very interesting idea. I'm planning on doing a display at my church soon. It should be great practice for a coin show exhibit. Of course I would never go to final print on an exhibit before having the layout thoroughly reviewed by some of my expert friends here at the CoinTalk Forum.

 

Small part of my collection

 

Delightful group! You're a serious collector! Thank you for posting them, ceyero! Welcome to the forum!

 

wow! D. Ray is gonna like you! welcome ceyero