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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1956629, member: 42773&quot;]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&#039;m tempted to theorize it was a presentation piece, but that&#039;s pure conjecture. It&#039;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&#039;ve never seen any at auction. That&#039;s one of the reasons I bought the coin of Antiochus XII - it&#039;s as close as I can get to owning one of these types issued by Aretas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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