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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25431856, member: 87809&quot;]I really didn&#039;t know what I was picking; it is not rare and it is worn but the coin appealed to me<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I was told it was from Syria, but after some research I found out that it is Nabatean, my first. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of this coinage there are different variations of letters on the obverse, which like on this coin, frequently are worn and cannot be seen. Meshorer doesn’t list any coins without letters on the obverse, therefore, assuming that on this coin the letters are worn the attribution is Meshorer 112-114.</p><p>Aretas had two wives: Huldu (Chuldu, 1-16 AD) and Shaqilath (Shuqeilat, his sister, from 23 AD). Since on this coin his second wife is depicted and Aretas IV died in 40 AD I think it was struck between 23 and 40 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a nice color, which makes me think it is a copper-based alloy:</p><p>15.2 x 16.60 mm; 3.850 g</p><p>Arabia, Petra, (today in Jordan) ca. 39 - 40 AD;</p><p>Meshorer, Nabatea, 112-114; SNG ANS 1438–43; Barkay 186; Fitzgerald 6124; GIC 5699; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Conjoined busts of king Aretas and his queen Shaquilath facing r. Aretas with v-shaped head decoration and a moustache, and Shuqailat with crown of Isis.</p><p>Rev.: Two crossed cornucopiae and Aramaic inscription in 3 lines: </p><p>חרתת / שקי / לת transcribed to: T T R H (Harithath, Aretas’ native name) / Y Q S (Shuqailat) / T L (his wife)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1628216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1628217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your Nabateans or anything related[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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