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Description The first Nabataean coins produced, from the mints at Damascus on the order of Aretas III in 85 BCE. Obverse: face of Aretas III in profile. Reverse: Goddess of the City of Damascus, sitting.
Date 85 BCE
Source Price, M. J.; Recent Acquisitions of Greek Coins by the British Museum; Archaeological Reports, No. 20. (1973 - 1974), pp. 66-71. (JSTOR link)
Author Commissioned by Aretas III, minter unknown
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