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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4283651, member: 99456"]Thanks [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - a nice coin and your write-up of the context makes it easy to appreciate. The Romans were good at enriching themselves and expanding their "alliances" e.g. "Aretas paid a large amount of silver and recognized Roman superiority over Nabataea, in exchange for peace and recognition of his own rule."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my not so pretty and more common AE coin of Aretas IV Philopatris with jugate busts and cornucopiae. I'm not sure how Aretas III and IV were related if at all (other than by name) and there were several Kings between them : Obodas II, Malichus I, Obodas III.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089952[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nabataean Kingdom, <b>Aretas IV</b>, with Shuqailat, 9 B.C.-A.D. 40, AE unit, Petra mint, struck A.D. 20-40.</p><p><b>Obv: </b> Jugate, draped busts of Aretas and Shaqilat right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Crossed cornucopias, letters between horns[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4283651, member: 99456"]Thanks [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - a nice coin and your write-up of the context makes it easy to appreciate. The Romans were good at enriching themselves and expanding their "alliances" e.g. "Aretas paid a large amount of silver and recognized Roman superiority over Nabataea, in exchange for peace and recognition of his own rule." Here's my not so pretty and more common AE coin of Aretas IV Philopatris with jugate busts and cornucopiae. I'm not sure how Aretas III and IV were related if at all (other than by name) and there were several Kings between them : Obodas II, Malichus I, Obodas III. [ATTACH=full]1089952[/ATTACH] Nabataean Kingdom, [B]Aretas IV[/B], with Shuqailat, 9 B.C.-A.D. 40, AE unit, Petra mint, struck A.D. 20-40. [B]Obv: [/B] Jugate, draped busts of Aretas and Shaqilat right [B]Rev:[/B] Crossed cornucopias, letters between horns[/QUOTE]
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