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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2145315, member: 42773&quot;]During the reign of Aretas II, the Nabataeans had a strong presence in Damascus. Petra was merely a campsite. Seleucid control of the region had not diminished to the point that the Nabataeans would have dared mint their own coinage, hence these anonymous imitative type. They are known to be of Nabataean origin, however, because they occur only in hoards of Nabataean coins. Aretas II did not technically rule Damascus. He ruled the larger Nabataean people from his seat of power in Damascus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aretas III DID rule the city, at the request of its citizens no less, after he ousted Antiochus XII. But it would appear he wasn&#039;t interested in maintaining his rule there. He moved to Petra, and the Nabataeans did not put up a fight when the Artaxiad king Tigranes II took over the city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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