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| Nabataean Kingdom, Obodas II, 30 - 9 B.C. |   | Obodas' reign was an era of cultural flowering for the Nabatean kingdom. Most of its temples were built during his reign, including the temple at Avdat. During his rule the Romans attempted to discover the sources of the perfume and spice trade. |
| SH43432. Silver drachm, cf. Huth 55; Hoover and Barkay 23; Meshorer Nabataea Sup. 3 (Obodas III); BMC Arabia p. 4, 2 - 3 (same); Cohen Dated 965 (same), gVF, flat strike areas, weight 4.462 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 0o, Petra mint, 19 - 10 B.C.; obverse Jugate diademed busts of Obodas and Hagaru right; Nabataean letter heth behind; reverse Nabatean legend: "Obodas, king of Nabataea", laureate head of Obodas right, Nabataean letter heth and date behind (off flan); $380.00 (€292.60) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 248, overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign. The Senate decided to support the Emperor, with Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed that he dispatched Decius with a special command of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. His loyal supporter, Decius, was, however, proclaimed Emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and defeated and killed Philip in September. |
| RP59985. Silver tetradrachm, McAlee 907a, Prieur 357, SNG Righetti 2027, SNG Cop -, EF, mint luster, weight 10.961 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 247 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, radiate and cuirassed bust left, Gorgon's head on cuirass; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO G, eagle standing right, head right, wings open, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C in ex; $315.00 (€242.55) |
| Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D., Judea Capta, Caesarea, Judaea |  | Judaea Capta issue minted at Caesarea, Judaea. |
| JD57463. Bronze AE 20, Hendin 1446, RPC II 2311, SNG ANS 466, Meshorer 2, gF, weight 8.359 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea mint, as caesar, 71 - 73 A.D.; obverse AYTOKP TITOC KAICAP, laureate head right; reverse IOUDAIAS EALWKUIAS, Nike (Victory) standing right, nude to waist, left foot on helmet, writing on a shield hung on a palm tree; $200.00 (€154.00) |
| Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Rabbathmoba, Arabia |  | Rabbathmoba, probably the Biblical Ir-Moab, was conquered by Alexander Jannaeus. Its ruins are 18 kilometers north of Kerak in Jordan. |
| SH52129. Bronze AE 28, Spijkerman 6, VF, weight 15.163 g, maximum diameter 27.0 mm, die axis 0o, Rabbathmoba mint, undated variety, c. 209 - 211 A.D.; obverse AVT KLC - CEOVHPU, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse RABAQ-MWBA, cult statue of Ares standing facing in military dress on decorated base, sword erect in right, spear and round shield in left, flanked by torch-like flaming altars; rare; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Laodikeia, Phrygia |  | BMC assigns this type to Augustus. RPC I assigns it to Tiberius but notes the difficulty in determining if it is a coin of Augustus or Tiberius. It certainly looks like Augustus, but many portraits of Tiberius intentionally exaggerate his resemblance to Augustus. In any case, it is a beautiful portrait in fine Greek style. We know the KOP monogram stands for KORNHLIOS because it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscourides under Domitian. |
| RP58876. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 2906; SNG Cop 547; BMC Phrygia p. 301, 141 (Augustus), VF, weight 6.116 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, die axis 0o, Laodikeia mint, obverse SEBASTOS, bare head right; reverse DIOSKOURIDHS LAODIKEWN, Zeus Laodicea standing left with eagle and staff, KOP monogram outer right; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 249, after his legionaries proclaimed him emperor, Trajan Decius marched them to Verona, where he defeated and killed Philip I. Philip's eleven-year-old son and heir was likely killed with his father. |
| RP55027. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 1043, Prieur 473; BMC Syria 559; cf. SNG Cop 268 (attributed to Philip I), VF, weight 11.325 g, maximum diameter 26.9 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 249 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO D, eagle standing left, wings open, head left, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C below; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Volusian, c. November 251 - July or August 253 A.D., Neapolis, Samaria |  | Neapolis, Samaria, the biblical Shechemis, is now Nablus, Israel, the site of Joseph's Tomb and Jacob's well. Jesus spoke here to a Samaritan woman. The city was refounded as Flavia Neopolis after the Jewish Revolt. Nablus is home to about half the remaining worldwide Samaritan population of 600. |
| JD36449. Bronze AE 21, SNG ANS 1041, aVF, weight 5.918 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 180o, Neapolis mint, 251 - 253 AD.; obverse AVT KAIC G OVI TPEBO V[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse FL NEAC POLEW, Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar, stairway to temple, colonnade below; ex Amphora Coins (David Hendin); $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Tarsus, Cilicia, 138 - 161 A.D. |  | Tyche (Greek for luck; the Roman equivalent was Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their own specific iconic version of Tyche, wearing a mural crown (a crown like the walls of the city). |
| RP57183. Bronze AE 25, SNG Levante 1011 var (rev leg ADRIA...), SNG BnF 1449 - 1450 var (same), SNG Cop 352 - 253 var (same), VF, weight 13.243 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 0o, Tarsos mint, reign of Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 A.D.; obverse AUT KAI TI AI ADR ANTWNINOC CEB EU, Zeus seated left, Nike in extended right, long scepter vertical behind in left, P - P across fields; reverse ADR TARCEWN MHTROPOLEWC, Tyche seated right on throne decorated with sphinx, ears of grain and a poppy in right, river god swimming below; $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 249, after his legionaries proclaimed him emperor, Trajan Decius marched them to Verona, where he defeated and killed Philip I. Philip's eleven-year-old son and heir was likely killed with his father. |
| RP57198. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 1043; Prieur 473; BMC Syria 559; Dura 464; cf. SNG Cop 268 (attributed to Philip I), VF, weight 12.178 g, maximum diameter 27.3 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 249 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO D, eagle standing left, wings spread, head left, open wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C below; $125.00 (€96.25) |
| Nabataean Kingdom, Obodas II, 30 - 9 B.C. |  | In "Some Nabataean Questions Reconsidered" in Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms, M. Huth persuasively argues that there was no King Obodas II in 62 - 60 B.C., and that all coins in the name of Obodas belong to the king of that name who ruled in 30 - 9 B.C., who should be correctly named Obodas II, not III. |
| SH32723. Bronze AE 25, Meshorer Nabataean 26 (Obodas III); Huth -, Hoover and Barkay -, BMC Arabia -, SNG ANS -, SGICV -, F, broken, weight 7.785 g, maximum diameter 25.5 mm, die axis 0o, Petra mint, 24 - 23 B.C.; obverse jugate, busts right of Obodas II, diademed, and draped, and the queen, O H in field (off flan); reverse Aramaic legend, "Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans, year seven", two crossed cornucopias, O - H across the fields; very rare; $120.00 (€92.40) |
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