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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2573747, member: 44316&quot;][USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER], William Metcalf in his article &quot;Tell Kalak Hoard&quot; ANSMN 20 (1975) attributes it to a mint in Arabia, possibly Bostra. He considers the previous hypothesis they were minted at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and says &quot;But the hoard evidence conclusively shows that the Arabia and camels drachms can have been minted at Caesarea only if it is argued they were immediately shipped for circulation elsewhere. That argument has been suggested in the past, but can now be proved wrong.&quot;[p.95]&nbsp; ... evidence of provenance an overstrikes conclusively indicates a mint site in Arabia, and it hardly need be said that this conclusion is supported by typology.&quot;&nbsp; ... &quot;To sum up ...the context of drachms with Arabia and camel reverse is completely different from that of other types associated with Caesarea Cappadoicia. Overstriking of some of these coins on coins of the Nabatean kings indicates they were instead produced in Arabia, and this conclusion is confirmed by their types. ... It may have been located in Bostra, but certainty is impossible.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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