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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1944474, member: 42773&quot;][ATTACH=full]338281[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My proudest achievement this year, as far as Nabataeans go, is a more-or-less complete type set of the bronze coins of Rabbel II (70 AD - 106 AD). I say &quot;more-or less&quot; because there is a die pair that I cannot find on account of its rarity. An acquaintance of mine in Jerusalem just dug one up, which made me rather jealous, but I suppose he&#039;s got more of a chance at metal detecting such things in Israel than I do in Pennsylvania.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, these are 4 bronzes of the king, with three different queens: 1. Shuqailat (his mother and regent); 2 and 3: Gamilat in two different engraving styles; and 4: Hagru, the last queen of the Nabataeans.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338282[/ATTACH]</p><p>At the risk of angering the gods of numismatic acquisition, I&#039;m going to post a coin that is almost one of my favorites - almost because I&#039;m only one layaway payment from owning it. This is a drachm of Rabbel II which evidence suggests is the type of coin mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls, specifically the Babatha manuscripts. I&#039;ll have more to say about that once I have the coin in hand and make an official thread for it...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338283[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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