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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1706111, member: 42773&quot;]Meshorer suggests that the Class 2 coins were being struck under Aretas III, which is entirely possible. It&#039;s possible that Class I coins were popular enough to warrant restrikes, and that they could have continued being struck even after the Nabataeans moved their capitol to Petra. A number of the pieces have been found there, but of course, that doesn&#039;t necessarily mean they were struck there.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, that could account for the stylistic difference between the two types. Damascus had been a minting center long before the Nabataeans started striking coins, and the town was probably equipped with master engravers and the latest casting/machining/striking technology. When the Nabataeans had to retreat to Petra, they would have had to reestablish all of those elements, which might account for the &quot;careless&quot; coins. It wasn&#039;t until the reign of Aretas IV that Nabataean minting reached the same level of expertise found in Type 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the proto-Nabataean bronzes go, I would put them in a class by themselves. Setting aside any argument over their dating, the fact that they are clearly overstruck on Ptolemaic hosts puts them in a separate category, despite the fact that they share the Athena/Nike typology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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