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bgr_451656 - NABATAEAN KINGDOM - RABBEL II Drachme
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Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 71-106
Mint name / Town : Pétra, Nabatée
Metal : billon
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés, court sur les légendes. Patine de collection ancienne
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.
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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