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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2145065, member: 42773&quot;]The Nabataean king Aretas III ruled Damascus for a few years and issued some city coins modeled after their Seleucid predecessors. These coins are all quite rare, one unique. You can read a brief history and analysis on my website <a href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/Aretasintro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/Aretasintro.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and on the <a href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/AretasIIIbronze.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/AretasIIIbronze.html" rel="nofollow">following page</a>. The dating of the coins is discussed <a href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/AretasIIIDating.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nabataeannumismatics.com/AretasIIIDating.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Nabataean Kingdom: Aretas III, 87-62 BC </b></p><p>AE20, 7g, 12h; Damascus Mint, 87-62 BCE</p><p>Obv.: Diademed head of Aretas III right</p><p>Rev.: Tyche of Damascus, turreted, seated left on rock,</p><p>wearing long mantle, holding uncertain object in right hand,</p><p>river god swimming below, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ/ΑΡΕΤΟΥ/ΦΙΑ-ΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ</p><p>Reference: Meshorer 6A </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]410817[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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