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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Nabataean Kingdom| > GS55684
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
|Nabataean| |Kingdom|, |Nabataean| |Kingdom,| |Aretas| |IV,| |9| |B.C.| |-| |40| |A.D.|,
Petra, the capital of the ancient Nabatean Kingdom, is a famous archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as The Treasury. The structure is believed to have been the mausoleum of the Nabatean King Aretas IV in the 1st century A.D. The sculptures are thought to be those of various mythological figures associated with the afterlife. On top are figures of four eagles that would carry away the souls. The figures on the upper level are dancing Amazons with double-axes. The entrance is flanked by statues of the twins Castor and Pollux who lived partly on Olympus and partly in the underworld. Tomb_of_Aretas
GS55684. Silver drachm, Al-Qatanani 96t1 (this coin); Meshorer Nabataean 103, Huth CCK 73, aVF, typical flat strike, dark toning, Petra (Jordan) mint, weight 4.122g, maximum diameter 14.3mm, die axis 0o, 25 - 26 A.D.; obverse Nabataean legend: "Aretas, king of the Nabataeans, lover of his people", laureate and draped bust of Aretas right; reverse Nabataean legend: "Shuqailat, queen of the Nabataeans, year 34", jugate busts of Aretas and Shuqailat right; SOLD











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