Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Numismatic Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
14 (2019) 91-95
Keywords:
Coins, Nabataean
;
Coins, Ancient
;
Middle East Politics and government
;
Eretz Israel Antiquities
;
Eretz Israel Kings and rulers To 70 A.D.
Abstract:
Aretas IV (c. 9 BCE–40 CE), the greatest king of the Nabateans, minted several different types of sela‘in in his first regnal year (Barkay 2017b:101, 105–106). Yet another type is now added, bearing the depiction of Emperor Augustus on the obverse. The reason for the large number of types and variants in regnal year one, as well as the unique phenomenon of the Emperor’s portrait, are explained against the background of the death of King Obodas II and Aretas’ struggle for power and Roman recognition.
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