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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 25448394, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1628818[/ATTACH]</p><p>Malichus I, 60-30 BC. Æ 19 mm. Petra mint. Dated regnal year 27 (34/33 BC). </p><p>Obv.: Diademed head right </p><p>Rev.: Eagle standing left, date across field. </p><p>Meshorer, Nabataea 15-6</p><p>I bought in in Petra when I was young... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1628819[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aretas IV (9 BC-AD 40). Æ19mm. Petra mint. Probably dated regnal year 4 (6/5 BC).</p><p>Obv.: Diademed head of Aretas right; Aramaic ḥēth-semkath across field</p><p>Rev.: Woman (queen-mother Huldu?) standing facing, head left, raising hand; Aramaic semkath-ḥēth across field. </p><p>Hoover &amp; Barkay 49</p><p>The legend beginning on the lower right reads ShNT ... (Year ...) HRTT MLK NBTU (of Haritat king of the Nabataeans). These coins are known for Aretas&#039; 3rd and 4th years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1628820[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aretas IV (9 BC-AD 40) and his wife Shuqilat. Æ17mm. Petra mint.</p><p>Obv.: Jugate busts of Aretas IV and Shuqilat, draped, right</p><p>Rev.: HRTT / ShQY / LT ( Haritat Shuqilat) between crossed cornucopiae.</p><p>These coins are by far the most common of all Nabataean coinage, they were minted in industrial quantities at the end of Aretas&#039; reign. Got this coin in Syria.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1628821[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rabbel II (70-106 AD) and his wife Gamilat. AE 15 mm. Petra mint.</p><p>Obv.: Jugate busts of Rabbel II and Gamilat, right</p><p>Rev.: RB&#039;L / GMLT ( Rabb&#039;al, Gamilat) between crossed cornucopiae.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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