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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1956279, member: 42773&quot;]A couple of new acquisitions related to my interest in Nabataeans, so I&#039;ve paired them with the coins they inspired, first the Seleucid, next to it the Nabataean. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a coin of Antiochus XII, and it&#039;s in pretty damn good shape for a Seleucid bronze. Antiochus XII lost a battle to Aretas III, whereby Aretas became ruler of Damascus in 84 BC. You can see the obviously Seleucid style in the Nabataean coin, although the coin of Aretas shows Tyche seated These were both city issues of Damascus. Antiochus certainly liked a lot of legend on his coins. The reverse reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ, although a sizable chunk of it is off-flan. Still, a very respectable example of its type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]344080[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, a fairly scarce bronze of Alexander I Balas (150-146 BC), Balas wearing a Boeotian helmet. The Nabataeans picked up this style in their early anonymous issues. You can see the Seleucid influence in the Nabataean. The bronzes of Balas are tough in nice grades, and I thought this one had decent eye appeal and smooth surfaces. The legend is BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, the AB in the left field being Balas&#039; monogram.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]344081[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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