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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1681418, member: 42773"]Another type coin in this king's set: an AE15 with Aretas on the obverse, Heth between crossed cornucopiae on the reverse. Ciecielag dates these small bronzes between 9 BC and 18 AD. The bust/cornucopiae type is prevalent, but there are many variations in the signs and letters that appear on them - Meshorer only managed to catalog a handful.</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter Heth on these coins may refer to Aretas' first queen, Huldu, as she appears in one form or another on most coins of his early reign. After his marriage to Shaquilat in 18 AD, the letter almost completely disappears from the coinage. When it does appear on occasion, it probably refers to Aretas himself, as the Nabataean spelling of his name is HRTT.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn't an expensive coin and neither is it in very good shape, but like many less-common issues of this empire, good luck finding another one. Actually, it's quite acceptable for a Nabataean - the reverse is nicely centered and all the devices are there, despite the wear.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s17.postimg.org/8zju7f7zj/aretassingle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1681418, member: 42773"]Another type coin in this king's set: an AE15 with Aretas on the obverse, Heth between crossed cornucopiae on the reverse. Ciecielag dates these small bronzes between 9 BC and 18 AD. The bust/cornucopiae type is prevalent, but there are many variations in the signs and letters that appear on them - Meshorer only managed to catalog a handful. The letter Heth on these coins may refer to Aretas' first queen, Huldu, as she appears in one form or another on most coins of his early reign. After his marriage to Shaquilat in 18 AD, the letter almost completely disappears from the coinage. When it does appear on occasion, it probably refers to Aretas himself, as the Nabataean spelling of his name is HRTT. This isn't an expensive coin and neither is it in very good shape, but like many less-common issues of this empire, good luck finding another one. Actually, it's quite acceptable for a Nabataean - the reverse is nicely centered and all the devices are there, despite the wear. [CENTER][URL="http://postimage.org/"][IMG]http://s17.postimg.org/8zju7f7zj/aretassingle.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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