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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 6:53 pm Keeping in the theme of coins from the Bible days, my next coin is of Aretas IV (Philopatris) and his second wife Shaquelat King of the Nabataeans from 9 BC- 40 AD. The Nabataean kingdom with it's capital in the beautiful rock cut city of Petra in present day Jordan. Aretas daughter was the wife of Herod Antipas, she learned that he planed to divorce her so she went to her father who attacked Judea and won. Aretas is mentioned in the Bible in Corinthians 11:32,33 and Acts 9:23 ,24 Aretas IV and Shaquelat 9 BC-40 AD This coin struck after 16 AD Obverse: Jugate bust of king and queen Reverse: Crossed cornucopia Legend in Aramaic: Aretas King of the Nabataeans, Friend of his people 17 mm x 4.2 grams x 12h Ref: Meshorer 113. Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 9:08 pm Always been fond of Nabataean coins. Thanks for sharing, Ron. A few typical tourists at Petra: Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 9:11 pm nice color and good detail ski! i have a couple coins of aretas iv, but my jugate bust coin is his son malichus ii Nabatean Kingdom, Malichus II 40 - 70 AD O: jugate laureate and draped bust of Malichus II and Shuqailat II right R: two cornucopias, crossed and filleted, Aramaic legend, "Malichus / Shuqai/lat" in two lines above and one below cornucopia SNG ANS 1444 16x12 mm 3.1g these coins are really affordable, anyone interested in biblical coins should pick some nabateans up! Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 9:12 pm I am not much into these coins(or the bible) but I am glad to see you are collecting again. Sometimes we must take a break but its nice to get new goodies and a well centred one here. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 9:26 pm Good one, Chris. So nice to see your posts tonight! Miss you, man. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/09/2015 9:40 pm Both this coin and the prutah were two types I didn't have. These came along and were very inexpensive so I went for them. I like to try and branch out into new areas, I've been working on the Eastern empires for some time now and these seen to be the next area to explore. It's good hearing from you Chris, hope that we will start visiting us again more often. Report this Post to the Staff
FlaviusJ Valued Member United Kingdom 90 Posts	Posted 11/10/2015 3:48 pm I've got an interesting article here I found a while back about Aretas' coin iconography. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...t=file%2cpdf Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 11/10/2015 3:57 pm Good one, a Nabataean coin is still high on my wishlist ron.. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/10/2015 4:03 pm Excellent article FlaviusJ, thanks for posting it. Hi Dutch, glad to see you back. I got this one from Zurqieh on Vcoins very inexpensive he has some nice coins. You should check it out. Report this Post to the Staff
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