Aretas IV ruled the Nabataean Kingdom for nearly five decades — one of the longest reigns in the dynasty's history — and oversaw a period of considerable commercial expansion along the incense and spice routes connecting Arabia to the Mediterranean. His coinage was prolific by Nabataean standards, produced across multiple issues that scholars have worked to sequence chronologically, largely through the changing portraiture of his queens Huldu and Shaqilat.
Meshorer's classification of this type as Nab#76 places it within the broader bronze series whose precise mint attribution remains debated; most scholars favor Petra, though Bostra has not been ruled out.
Aretas IV ruled the Nabataean Kingdom for nearly five decades — one of the longest reigns in the dynasty's history — and oversaw a period of considerable commercial expansion along the incense and spice routes connecting Arabia to the Mediterranean. His coinage was prolific by Nabataean standards, produced across multiple issues that scholars have worked to sequence chronologically, largely through the changing portraiture of his queens Huldu and Shaqilat.
Meshorer's classification of this type as Nab#76 places it within the broader bronze series whose precise mint attribution remains debated; most scholars favor Petra, though Bostra has not been ruled out.