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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Judean & Biblical Coins| ▸ |Biblical Coins| ▸ |Christmas||View Options:   | | | "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him" Matthew 2:1-8. |
| 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. |  |
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Possibly struck in the year of Christ's birth! Most biblical scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 B.C.RY114023. Bronze AE 27, RPC I Online 4247a; McAlee 206b; Wruck 11; SNG Cop 141; BMC Galatia p. 166, 128 - 129, VF, oval flan, rev. off-centered, pitted surfaces with a spray of sediments, mostly on the rev., weight 12.982 g, maximum diameter 27.4 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 5 - 4 B.C.; obverse IMP•AVGVST•TR•POT, laureate head head right; reverse S C within laurel wreath with eight bunches of leaves between inner and outer linear borders; SOLD
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
Aretas IV was the greatest of the Nabataean kings, ruling S. Palestine, most of Trans-Jordan, N. Arabia, and Damascus. Little is known of him because Nabataeans did not keep records. Paul mentions Aretas in connection with his visit to Damascus (2 Corinthians 11:32).
GS09543. Silver drachm, Al-Qatanani 105t1 (this coin), Barkay CN -, Meshorer -, Schmitt-Korte -, BMC Arabia -, SNG ANS -, F, usual flat strike, weight 3.90 g, maximum diameter 14.6 mm, die axis 0o, Petra (Jordan) mint, c. 24 - 25 A.D.; obverse Nabataean legend, "Aretas, king of Nabataea, lover of his people", laureate and draped bust of Aretas right; reverse Nabataean legend, "Shuqailat, queen of Nabataea, year 33", jugate busts of Aretas and Shuqailat right; extremely rare; SOLD
Kingdom of Persis, Ardashir (Artaxerxes) II, c. 50 - 1 B.C.
GS27868. Silver obol, SGCV II 6215, VF, weight 0.637 g, maximum diameter 11.0 mm, die axis 90o, Persepolis (Fars Province, Iran) mint, c. 50 - 1 B.C.; obverse bust of king left, wearing turreted crown; reverse king on right of fire altar, standing left, holding scepter, Aramaic legend around; SOLD
Judean Kingdom, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 104 - 76 B.C.
"And now the king's wife loosed the king's brethren, and made Alexander king, who appeared both elder in age, and more moderate in his temper than the rest." (Josephus, Wars, I, IV:1)JD97413. Bronze prutah, Hendin 6180, Meshorer TJC Q, Meshorer AJC F, Sofaer 314 ff., HGC 10 639, VF, dark patina, highlighting lighter green deposits, tight flan, obverse edge beveled, tiny edge crack, weight 1.980 g, maximum diameter 13.5 mm, die axis 0o, Jerusalem mint, 104 - 76 B.C.; obverse Paleo-Hebrew inscription: Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews, within wreath; reverse two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons, pomegranate or poppy between the horns; SOLD
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV and Phasael, 5 - 4 B.C.
Possibly struck in the year of Christ's birth! Jesus was born sometime between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C. Matthew describes King Herod as the ruler during the time of the Nativity, and Herod died in 4 B.C. Later, in order to kill Jesus and eliminate him as a rival king, Herod ordered the "Massacre of the Innocents" - the killing of all male children in Bethlehem aged two years and under. This means that Jesus may have been up to two years old already by that time, and this also sets the Nativity between 6 and 4 B.C. This type was issued in the names of Aretas IV and his son, Phasael, 5 - 4 B.C.GB52146. Bronze AE 13, Al-Qatanani 178t1 (this coin); Barkay CN 118b; Meshorer Nabataean 64; Huth 82; BMC Arabia p. 10, 35; SNG ANS 6 -, VF, nice green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, weight 2.099 g, maximum diameter 13.0 mm, die axis 0o, Petra (Jordan) mint, 5 - 4 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Aretas right, Nabataean H (het) left, o (ayin) right; reverse two cornucopias crossed and filleted, pomegranates above center, Nabataean PS (peh sade) monogram (Phasael, Aretas' son) in center; scarce; SOLD
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. | |
Laodikea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria, c. 47 - 20 B.C.
Possibly struck in the year of Christ's birth! Most biblical scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 B.C.GY86415. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 4392; BMC Galatia p. 249, 18 (APX in ex.); SNG Cop 332 (same); Weber 7982 (same); SNG Munchen 874 (ZM in ex.), VF/aVF, tight flan, light corrosion/porosity, weight 7.924 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 0o, Laodicea ad Mare (Latakia, Syria) mint, 5 - 4 B.C.; obverse turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; reverse Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, ΔM (year 44) downward inner left field, IOYΛIEΩN/TΩN KAI in two downward lines on the left, ΛAOΔIKEΩN, downward on the right, uncertain control letters in exergue; SOLD
Kingdom of Persis, Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II, 1st Century B.C.
The early kings of Persis were tributaries to the Seleucid rulers, until c. 140 B.C., when the Parthians conquered the region, according to Strabo. The Parthian Empire then took control of Persis under Arsacid king Mithridates I (c. 171 - 138 B.C.), but visibly allowed local rulers to remain, and permitted the emission of coinage bearing the title of Mlk ("King"). The last King of Persis, Artaxerxes V, defeated the Parthians and founded the Sassanian Empire.GS27870. Silver hemidrachm, Sunrise 595; Alram IP 571; BMC Arabia p. 223, 11; Tyler-Smith 42-46, VF, weight 2.066 g, maximum diameter 14.9 mm, die axis 90o, Persepolis (Fars Province, Iran) mint, 1st Century B.C.; obverse bust of king left, short beard, wearing Persepolitan crown with turrets and diadem, neck torque, and cloak; reverse Aramaic legend forming square: Adaxsir king, son of Darev king, king to right of fire altar, standing left, holding scepter; SOLD
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
Aretas IV was the greatest Nabataean king, ruling S. Palestine, most of Trans-Jordan, N. Arabia, and Damascus. He took the name Philopatris, lover of his people. Aretas married Shuqailat, his second wife, in 16 A.D. Aretas' daughter Phasaelis was married to, and divorced from, Herod Antipas. Herod then married his stepbrother's wife, Herodias. It was opposition to this marriage that led to the beheading of John the Baptist. After he received news of the divorce, Aretas invaded the territory of Herod Antipas and defeated his army. Paul mentions Aretas in connection with his visit to Damascus, when he had to sneak out of the city in a basket lowered from a window in the wall to escape (2 Corinthians 11:32). Al-Khazneh, one of the most elaborate buildings in Petra, is believed to have been his mausoleum.GB33037. Bronze AE 11, Al-Qatanani 125t7, Barkay CN 159b, Meshorer Nabataean -, BMC Arabia -, SNG ANS -, Choice VF, weight 0.962 g, maximum diameter 11.0 mm, die axis 180o, Petra (Jordan) mint, 8 - 40 A.D.; obverse laureate bust of Aretas; reverse laureate, veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat I right, Nabataean het right center; SOLD
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