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GREEK, Nabataea, Aretas IV and Queen Shaqilath
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Obv: (Aramaic legend)
Conjoined busts of King Aretas IV (right) and queen Shaqilath.
Rev: (Aramaic inscription in three lines).
Two cornucopiae crossed. between them 'Aretas Shaqilath' in three lines.
4.6 gm 19 mm 9 BC-40 AD. Sear (GIC) 5699
Comment: Nabataea remained a kingdom until the 2nd century AD when Trajan created the Roman Province of Arabia.
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