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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1888250, member: 42773&quot;]Hey friends, I have all of these coins in hand now, and I&#039;ve created a composite of my Rabbel II type set. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3 has not been posted before - I acquired it because it represents a different engraving style in the Rabbel/Gamilat types. (The coin Zumbly posted is in the same style.) Meshorer calls this style crude, and it&#039;s certainly more simplistic than the engraving on Coin 2, but personally I wouldn&#039;t go so far as to call it crude - it&#039;s merely different in my eyes, stylized more so than realistic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could say this was a complete type set of the bronzes of Rabbel II, but Schmitt-Korte reports one known specimen of a type that has only the king&#039;s bust on the obverse, and his name inscribed within a wreath on the reverse, harkening back to an older type minted during the reign of Aretas IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m currently working on an overview of these coins that will include a reading key that incorporates askea&#039;s correction. I&#039;ll post it over at FORVM when it&#039;s finished and create a link here, for anyone that wants a more comprehensive analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Rabbel/Shuqailat</p><p>2. Rabbel/Gamilat (Style 1)</p><p>3. Rabbel/Gamilat (Style 2)</p><p>4. Rabbel/Hagru</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]321460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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