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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3723598, member: 98035"]Nice coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>The legends on Nabataean coins is Nabataean, a descendant of Aramaic, sister script of Hebrew, and the parent of modern Arabic. I had found an overlay of these coins at one point, but the inscriptions read (right to left):</p><p>Top: HRTT (Haritat, Aretas' native name)</p><p>Middle: SQY</p><p>Bottom: LT (Shuqailat, his wife)</p><p><br /></p><p>Still haven't imaged my collection, but it's a set that's on the verge of being doable... until you hit the $500+ rarities!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nabataea was almost legendary in their day... every time the Romans came marching up to conquer them, they would find empty cities - the people had packed up and would spend as much time as necessary in the desert, waiting. Eventually the supply line would run out or the payroll would rack up, and the Romans would pull back, and the people would move back in. It wasn't until Rabbel II died in 106 that apparently the people petitioned to become a Roman province, one of the few times this happened without losing a war to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until I get my collection imaged, here is the fun denarius of Trajan, commemorating "Arabia Adqvisita", the personification of the region shielding a camel with an olive branch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]998217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3723598, member: 98035"]Nice coins! The legends on Nabataean coins is Nabataean, a descendant of Aramaic, sister script of Hebrew, and the parent of modern Arabic. I had found an overlay of these coins at one point, but the inscriptions read (right to left): Top: HRTT (Haritat, Aretas' native name) Middle: SQY Bottom: LT (Shuqailat, his wife) Still haven't imaged my collection, but it's a set that's on the verge of being doable... until you hit the $500+ rarities! Nabataea was almost legendary in their day... every time the Romans came marching up to conquer them, they would find empty cities - the people had packed up and would spend as much time as necessary in the desert, waiting. Eventually the supply line would run out or the payroll would rack up, and the Romans would pull back, and the people would move back in. It wasn't until Rabbel II died in 106 that apparently the people petitioned to become a Roman province, one of the few times this happened without losing a war to Rome. Until I get my collection imaged, here is the fun denarius of Trajan, commemorating "Arabia Adqvisita", the personification of the region shielding a camel with an olive branch. [ATTACH=full]998217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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