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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1956629, member: 42773"]Indeed. Many of the Nabataeans in the BMC are not at all the best specimens. Still, there are some coins worthy of mention, like the unique Damascene tetradrachm of Aretas III. I'm tempted to theorize it was a presentation piece, but that's pure conjecture. It's also likely that many were made but melted down for new coinage after Tigranes I conquered the city. After all, why would a new ruler allow coinage of his vanquished foe to circulate?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Nike-in-the-guise-of-Tyche bronzes are also extremely rare. I only know of the ones Meshorer cataloged. No one else has published any new varieties, and I've never seen any at auction. That's one of the reasons I bought the coin of Antiochus XII - it's as close as I can get to owning one of these types issued by Aretas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1956629, member: 42773"]Indeed. Many of the Nabataeans in the BMC are not at all the best specimens. Still, there are some coins worthy of mention, like the unique Damascene tetradrachm of Aretas III. I'm tempted to theorize it was a presentation piece, but that's pure conjecture. It's also likely that many were made but melted down for new coinage after Tigranes I conquered the city. After all, why would a new ruler allow coinage of his vanquished foe to circulate? The Nike-in-the-guise-of-Tyche bronzes are also extremely rare. I only know of the ones Meshorer cataloged. No one else has published any new varieties, and I've never seen any at auction. That's one of the reasons I bought the coin of Antiochus XII - it's as close as I can get to owning one of these types issued by Aretas.[/QUOTE]
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