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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 7999714, member: 42773&quot;]How does it come to be in my grubby paws already you might ask? Well, my office is only a 15-minute drive from their location, and why should you wait for a coin when you don&#039;t have to?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. Circa 30-9 BC.</p><p>AR Sela (drachm) 17mm, 4.52g, 1h; Petra mint.</p><p>Uncertain date but struck between 21/0 and 10/9 BC.</p><p>CNG 503 Lot 254</p><p><br /></p><p>A few salient points for those unfamiliar with Nabataean coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. By the time this coin was minted, Petra was well established as the chief Nabataean stronghold and trading center.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. On his coinage, Obodas II instituted the tradition of including the bust of the queen, sometimes jugate with with the king on the obverse, sometimes singly on the reverse. This tradition would continue until the end of the empire, even on the bronze coins. No other ancient coinage featured the queen on almost every type.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The busts on early Nabataean coins have simple facial details and a hairstyle that features ringlets. This is the &quot;archaic&quot; style.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. After Obodas II, the coinage of Aretas IV evinces a more realistic style, as in this first-year sela (9 BC) with queen Huldu on the reverse (also from my collection)...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1387826[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Nabataeans, Morgan Dollars, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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