Aretas III   Nabataea

AE 20

SHH 3485

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7.33 g   19.5-19.7 mm   2.8 eqmm   2.00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 7.5, rev. 7.5 MS/m Diademed head of Aretas right. Tyche of Damascus wearing turreted crown seated left on rock; cornucopia in left hand; right hand extended holding unidentified object; river god below; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] // ΑΡΕΤΟΥ downward on rightt, ΦΙΛΕ / ΛΛΗΝΟ[Σ] downward on left; [A]P in left field. Minted in Damascus. Ex J.S. Wagner Collection ANS VI 1421/1424; BMC Arabia 3/6; Meshorer 6 Ex CNG 210E/76, 13.05.2009 Münzsammlung des Archäologischen Museums der Universität Münster, 11.2020