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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Nabataean Kingdom| > GB87743
Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas III, 87 - 62 B.C.
|Nabataean| |Kingdom|, |Nabataean| |Kingdom,| |Aretas| |III,| |87| |-| |62| |B.C.|, Among the first Nabataean coins. After gaining Damascus, Aretas assumed the title Philhellenos to appease the Hellenistic population. He also adopted the Greek practice of striking coins. This coin is similar to Seleucid types that preceded it from the same mint.
GB87743. Bronze AE 19, Meshorer Nabataean 6, Sofaer 8, SNG ANS 1421, HGC 10 674, VF, green patina, obv. die crack, earthen deposits, crowded flan, Damaskos (Damascus, Syria) mint, weight 7.367g, maximum diameter 19.4mm, die axis 0o, 84 - 71 B.C.; obverse diademed head right; reverse Tyche of Damaskos seated left, right hand extended, cornucopia in left hand, river-god Chrysorrhoas swimming right below at feet, monogram left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ APETOY in two downward lines on right, ΦI-ΛEΛΛHNOΣ downward on left; rare; SOLD




  







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