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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1649547, member: 26302&quot;]But remember these were &quot;small change&quot;. The nabateans were rich from controlling the trade routes. I am sure the Treasury contained a great deal of Greek and Roman gold coins. Why melt and restrike coins when they were already in very recognizable coinage? Also, the soil was not the greatest for preserving coins, and I find much fewer references to these being buried in pots like in other areas. So, if an ancient coin is not in a pot, its much less likely to survive well. There ARE high quality bronzes around, they are just scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, here is a RR you might like JA. It shows Aretas surrendering to the Romans. I need another copy, one to keep with my RR, the other to put in with my Nabatean coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]240069.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks better in hand, what looks like weakness is more from toning, so the photo didn&#039;t pick it up well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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