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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1893686, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;m going to wrap up this thread with a coin that arrived today - the one that I started the thread with, included a composite of my Proto and Early Nabataeans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Proto-Nabataean Overstrike</p><p>AE22, 6.24g; Unknown mint, struck over coin of Ptolemy III.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.</p><p>Rev.: Nike standing left, holding wreath.</p><p>Reference: cf. Schmitt-Korte 6</p><p>Notes: These are typically overstruck on smaller coins, weighing approximately 3g. Overstrikes on larger host coins are rare. Whether they circulated at a higher denomination is unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The common Proto-Nabataean overstrike, on a smaller host coin of Ptolemy III.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Overstruck with unusual orientation to host, obverse to reverse and rotated approximately 180 degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Overstruck on Seleucid bronze, possibly unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>5 and 6. Struck on blank flans, probably at Damascus.</p><p><br /></p><p>7 and 8. Bust modeled after coins of Alexander Balas.</p><p><br /></p><p>9 and 10. Barbarous, unknown mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]322992[/ATTACH]</p><p>It&#039;s taken a little over a year for me to assemble this set, and I&#039;m quite pleased with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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