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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Nabataean Kingdom| > SH11741
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, 9 B.C. - 40 A.D.
|Nabataean| |Kingdom|, |Nabataean| |Kingdom,| |Aretas| |IV,| |9| |B.C.| |-| |40| |A.D.|, Aretas IV Philopatris was the greatest Nabataean king, ruling S. Palestine, most of Trans-Jordan, N. Arabia, and Damascus. During his reign, large religious centers - also serving as banks and trade clearinghouses - were established on the Hauran, in Petra, and at Avdat. Aretas was married to Huldu when he became king. Her profile was featured on coins until 16 A.D. After a short gap, the face of his second wife, Shuqailat, appeared on the coins. Aretas's daughter married Herod Antipas, tetrarch of the Galilee. When Antipas took another wife, Herodias, Aretas's daughter returned to her father, who went to war against Antipas and defeated him. The episode led to the beheading of John the Baptist. Antipas appealed to Tiberius, who dispatched the governor of Syria to attack Aretas. Paul mentions Aretas in connection with his visit to Damascus when he had to to be lowered from the wall in a basket to escape. Al-Khazneh, the treasury, one of the most elaborate buildings in Petra, is believed to have been Aretas' mausoleum.
SH11741. Silver drachm, Al-Qatanani 100 (this coin); cf. Meshorer 96 (year 27) and 97 ("o" right on rev), Schmitt-Korte -, SNG ANS -, BMC Arabia -, gVF, Petra (Jordan) mint, weight 4.555g, maximum diameter 15.0mm, die axis 0o, 19 - 20 A.D.; obverse Nabataean legend, "Aretas, king of the Nabataeans, the lover of his people", laureate and draped bust of Aretas right; reverse Nabataean legend, "Shuqailat, queen of the Nabataeans, year 28", veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat right; slightly flat reverse strike but better than usual for the Petra mint; extremely rare; SOLD



  






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