Petra in Arabia Petrae, Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV fake, Æ 19, cf. BMC 20.
Petra mint in Arabia Petrae, Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, with queen Shuqailat, modern cast fake, genuine pieces struck 9 BC - 40 AD.,
cast Æ19 / Hemiobol(?) fake (ø 18-19 mm / 3,58 g), white metal or lead alloy, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°), filed edge, porous surface,
Obv.: jugated draped busts of Aretas and Shuqailat right, Aretas laureate with long hair and moustache, queen wears ornament on top of head, Aramaic letter H in left field.
Rev.: "HRTT / SQY // LT" , two cornucopias, crossed and filleted, Aramaic legend, "Aretas, Shuqailat" in two lines above and one below.
for genuine pieces cf. BMC 28. (Arabia) 20, pl. II, 1ff. ; - SNG Copenhagen 127ff. ; - Sear GIC 5699 ; - SNG Fitzwilliam 6124 ; - Meshorer Nabataean 114 ; - SNG ANS 1438-43 .