Oops - accidentally bought Nabatean coins.

[Roerbakmix]

Title says all, I accidentally bought a lot of 12 Nabatean coins. They were cheap, I thought they were Iberian but didn't check, and well, they obviously aren't Iberian. 

Here they are: 

 Is there a house expert on this type of coinage? Did I accidentally hit the jackpot?  

The lot also included some  (n=10) worn Roman, mostly LRB and a broken Denarius of A Pius: 

I paid about €100 for the lot. Curious to hear your thought on this Impulse purchase :)

[John Conduitt]

Hmm not sure about EUR100. Most Nabatean prutahs are common and under EUR50 in good condition. It would be a case of working out which ruler it was, which isn't so easy if you can't see the writing on the reverse. @LONGINUS might be able to pick out the best.

Malichus II, 40-70

Petra/Raqmu. Bronze, 16.6mm, 2.84g. Malichus II and Queen Šagīlat II, jugate laureate and draped right. Malichus / Two cornucopias, crossed and filleted / Šagīlat (Meshorer 140).

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by John Conduitt

[LONGINUS]

 

Great post, @Roerbakmix

Seeing a group of coins like yours in this condition excites the heck out of me. My mind starts racing trying to imagine the history they’ve been through. You have some nice Nabataean coins in the group. Thank you for the tag @John Conduitt.

 

You can really get into these once you start looking for them and appreciating the amazing people who used them. I think it’s safe to say that you have at least one of Aretas (named in the Bible ). The jugate portraits (side by side faces in profile ) are very cool! John Anthony really knows these coins—I’d call him an authority.

 

Anyway, here a few of my favorites with attributions that I’m 90% certain about but

I’m always eager to make alterations as I learn more.

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by LONGINUS

[robinjojo]

I find the Nabatean coins very interesting, both for their history and variety of portraits.  They do show up frequently, as hoards of these coins must be surfacing on a fairly regular basis.  I don't have many examples of the bronze coins and none of the silver issues.

This is my best bronze, an AE 17.

 

Nabataea, Aretas IV and Shuqailat I, Æ 17, Petra, years 26-48 AD.  From Roma E-Sale 92, lot 592.

[ominus1]

....John Anthony would dig on'em...i ain't seen him in a while tho...hope he's ok...

[DLTcoins]

The coin at lower left isn't Nabataean but Mamluks, al-Nasir Muhammad, 3rd reign, 1310-1341, AE fals, no mint or date, Balog 257.

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=176887

[LONGINUS]

On 9/21/2023 at 3:11 PM, robinjojo said:

I find the Nabatean coins very interesting, both for their history and variety of portraits.  They do show up frequently, as hoards of these coins must be surfacing on a fairly regular basis.  I don't have many examples of the bronze coins and none of the silver issues.

This is my best bronze, an AE 17.

 

Nabataea, Aretas IV and Shuqailat I, Æ 17, Petra, years 26-48 AD.  From Roma E-Sale 92, lot 592.

I think yours is the nicest of this type I’ve scene @robinjojo.

Edited September 23, 2023 by LONGINUS