Regular oval shape, cut sides, cut on right, coin very worn. To be cleaned. Undetermined - probably... (Classification Category or Type)
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Regular oval shape, cut sides, cut on right, coin very worn. To be cleaned. Undetermined - probably Nabataean (Aretas IV, Meshorer types 88-92, version 2-16/18, no. 88). or Meshorer types 119-122, a little later, with one bust facing to the right on the obverse, and one bust on the reverse. Or possibly Hasmonaean (cf. Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BCE, type SNG ANS 5, no. 95 = anchor and Greek inscription/ star and Aramaic inscription).
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Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Regular oval shape, cut sides, cut on right, coin very worn. To be cleaned. Undetermined - probably...". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/types/b9f47876-d2c4-440d-8647-f76d12204214>
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