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ARETAS IV & SHAQUILATH Arab Kingdom of Nabataea PETRA Ancient Coin
ARETAS IV & SHAQUILATH Arab Kingdom of Nabataea PETRA Ancient Coin

ARETAS IV & SHAQUILATH Arab Kingdom of Nabataea PETRA Ancient Coin

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    Description

    Aretas IV - King: 9 B.C. - 40 A.D
    Aretas IV, with Shaqilath
    Bronze 15mm  Petra mint, circa 11-40 A.D.
    Reference: Meshorer, Nabataea 97
    Aretas standing facing, head left, wearing military attire, holding spear and placing
    hand on hilt of sword; palm frond to left, monogram to right.
    Shaqilath standing left, raising hand; wreath to left; to right, name in Aramaic in three lines.
    The north-Arabian kingdom of the Nabataeans, with their capital at Petra, continued in existence until the early years of the 2nd Century A.D., when emperor Trajan created the Roman province of Arabia.
    Originally named Aeneas, he seized the throne on the death of Obodas III and thereafter styled himself Aretas Philopatris. His daughter married Herod Antipas, whose territory he later invaded without Roman permission, 37 A.D. However, he managed to obtain the favor of Caligula who granted him control of Damascus.