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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1945811, member: 42773&quot;]There are examples of this type that have portraits which correspond to neither Obodas nor Aretas. The chin is stronger, and the nose is quite large. Meshorer thinks this is simply a bust variety of Aretas IV, as the obverse has his monogram in the right field. SK claims it is Obodas.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ask the question: why couldn&#039;t it be Syllaeus? After all, if he told the engravers to put his monogram on some coins but retain the portrait of Obodas, what would have stopped him from telling them to use his portrait alongside Aretas&#039; monogram? He was in a rather delicate political pickle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this coin give us a picture of Syllaeus? Only an ancient Nabataean would know.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338772[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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