Scarce bronze AE14 of Aretas IV, 9BC-AD40, King of Nabatea

Size: 14 mm, 2.1 grams

Laureate head of Aretas IV facing right / Two cornucopiaes, crossed; between them , 'H'. Nabataean coins. Meshorer 69 .

This coin from Petra the capital of Nabatia. 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 the emperor Trajan created the Roman province of Arabia. Aretas IV originaly named Aenas, 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. Aretas IV managed to obtain the favor of Caligula who granted him control of Damascus.

This coin is guaranteed to be authentic

Stock# n1035