Ancients => My wife is out of town, so I bought a Nabataean in her memory!!

Hey, I only spent $36 US ($44 Canadian, delivered) ....

Ummm, so she'd probably be happy with my purchase, right? (please don't tell her!!)

NABATAEAN, ARETAS IV & SHUQAILAT
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: ???
Obverse: jugate busts of Aretas IV & Shuqailat
Reverse: Crossed Cornucopias, Petra
Reference: SNG Part 6 #1438

 

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Nice grab. Got the text on the back too.

 

Thanks, Mat ... yah, I thought that it looked pretty slick (a bit of desert patina, giving it a bit o' punch!)

... hey, I'm no expert ... but I think that I've "ticked-off" my Nabataean-box, yes?

Man, I love collecting ancient coins ... who would ever have thought that a thing called a Nabataean coin would make me feel "all tingly inside?"

 

Well done! Nice, sharp inscriptions on the reverse. But I think you may have misspelled Nabobateean?

 

Who the heck were the Nabataeans?

 

Your funeral Steve... he he.
Nice Nabataean too.

 

woooo-doggies!!



=> The Beverley Nabataeans!!

 

Apparently, this coin is from => 9 BC - 40 AD ... and probably weighs 5 grams



... it sounds awesome

Wow, I'm gonna collect "all" of the Nabootoneezers!!

 

9 BC to 40 AD are the dates of Aretas IV's rule. This particular type was minted in his last year, 39/40 AD, and it continued through the reigns of Malichus II and Rabbel II.

 

=> thanks JA ... I'll append my notes (great coins, my friend)

 

Nice coin and welcome to the Naba club. JA is turning all of us into Nabataean collectors.

Wife is out of town? Quick now is the time to buy that Athena Owl Tetradrachm

 

=> Attic Owl => yah, I already have a knock-off of one of those ...

=> if I was a real dawg, I'd phone-up TIF and then go out with Bing and the rest of the Rat-Pack!!

 

that's a solid nabatean stevex...i'm gunning for one of those these year.

so the wife is out of town and you sneak ol' queen shaqa laka lak in the back door hu?



nice.

 

=> *awkward*

yup

 

Hey => thanks for the fun times, my friends!!

Cheers



... pretty cool hobby, eh?

 

Uh dude... Shaqilat was his wife AND sister. Maybe pick a different coin to honor your wife with.

 

Neat find

 

it's cool that this coin is dated also.... JA is the date on the coin itself?

 

My wife says an emotional relationship is just as damaging as adultery. You are a numismatic adulterer.

 

They're famous for carving this structure at Petra...you've probably seen it in movies.