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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1882873, member: 42773&quot;]Well, it&#039;s become obvious to me that I can&#039;t play with the big boys over at CNG. After carefully calculating my finances and arriving at the largest sum I could bid on a rare Nabataean, I came in second place. Again.</p><p><br /></p><p>C&#039;est la vie. I wish I knew these guys that were dropping wads of Franklins on Nabataeans. We could have a serious partay. Anyway, I&#039;ll just go back to playing with my junk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of which, Santa Claus did deliver three coins today. Here&#039;s a composite which includes the Gordian III sestertius I&#039;ve already posted, but it&#039;s fun to compare the sizes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2 is a scarce Nabataean bronze with the head of Obodas II on the obverse, with the letter heth, which probably stands for Aretas IV. The reverse has a typical crossed cornucopiae design with the letter shin, which stands for Syllaeus - a powerful Nabataean politico. Only a collector of Nabataeans would appreciate the significance of this scarce coin that exhibits both monograms and a strong portrait of the king.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3 is an earlier Bust/Nike type of Style II. This is not the coin I ordered, but it fits into my collection very nicely, and returning it to UAE is just too much trouble. I am going to email the seller, though, and ask him to sell me the coin I ordered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 4 is the jital I posted in another thread, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this $15 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]319737[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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