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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1803163, member: 42773&quot;]This is a new addition to my Nabataean types, just arrived yesterday. These coins were struck in large quantities to commemorate the birth of Aretas IV&#039;s son, Phasael, circa 5-4 BCE. The palm branch signified a festival occasion in Nabataean culture, like a wedding or birth.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s12.postimg.org/864cdyvql/attribution700.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I recently read an interesting archeological report from Petra, which states that very few coins of other nations have been found in the excavations there. It attests to the fact that the coinage of the Nabataeans was solidly accepted as legal tender in the Empire. These little bits of bronze were the mainstay of ordinary, everyday commerce...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s2.postimg.org/b6pjytle1/013.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, I&#039;ve moved to using actual Nabataean letters in my attributions, rather than Hebrew transliterations. The letter heth is Aretas&#039; initial, the letters pe and sadhe together are an abbreviation of Phasael.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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