New Sela‘in of Aretas IV, King of the Nabateans

Abstract

Aretas IV was the most dominant king of the Nabateans, ruling for 48 years, from c. 9 BCE
until 40 CE. He was the king to mint the greatest number of Nabatean coins, and many silver,
bronze and lead coins of Aretas IV have been published in the past. Many new silver and bronze
coins have been identified since the publication of Meshorer (1975) and later updates to his
catalogue (Schmitt-Korte 1990; Schmitt-Korte and Price 1994; Hoover and Barkay 2010).
Presented here are 19 unpublished types and 13 new variants of Aretas’ sela‘in minted during
19 of his regnal years.