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Price : 125.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 71-106
Mint name / Town : Pétra, Nabatée
Metal : billon
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION ARAMÉENNE (RABBEL, ROI DES NABATÉENS).
Obverse description : Buste de Rabbel II lauré à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION ARAMÉENNE (GAMILATH SA SŒUR, REINE DES NABATÉENS.
Reverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de la reine Gamilath à droite.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, les portraits de Rabbel II et de Gamilath sont stylisés. Les deux époux comme en Égypte, étaient frère et sœur.
On this example, the portraits of Rabbel II and Gamilath are stylized. The two spouses, as in Egypt, were brother and sister.
On this example, the portraits of Rabbel II and Gamilath are stylized. The two spouses, as in Egypt, were brother and sister.
Historical background
NABATAEAN KINGDOM - RABBEL II
(71-106)
Rabbel II and Gamilath
The Nabataean kingdom experienced its greatest apogee during the reign of Aretas IV (9 BC - 40 AD), nicknamed "the Friend of his people". He pushes the boundaries of his kingdom. He is a builder monarch. The main monuments of Petra were built during his reign. His son and successor Malichos II (40 - 71 AD) leads a pro-Roman policy. During the Judean War, he will be the faithful ally of Titus, to whom he provides a contingent of 1,000 cavalry and 500 archers. After his death, his wife Shaqilat II assumed the regency for her son. Rabbel is the last king (71 - 106) of Petra. Shortly after his death, the Romans annexed Nabatene which became a Roman province under the reign of Trajan (97-117), under the name of Arabia.
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