Petra in Arabia Petrae, 9 BC - 40 AD., Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, Æ 18, BMC 20.

Petra mint in Arabia Petrae, Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas IV, with queen Shuqailat, 9 BC - 40 AD.,
Æ 18 / Hemiobol(?) (17-18 mm / 3,45 g), bronze, axes irregular alignment ↑↖ (ca. 320°),
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.
BMC 28. (Arabia) 20, pl. II, 1ff. ; SNG Copenhagen 127ff. ; Sear GIC 5699 ; SNG Fitzwilliam 6124 ; Meshorer Nabataean 114 ; SNG ANS 1438-43 .

The capital of Nabataea was Petra. Aramaic is read from right to left and vowels are unwritten. The letters of the reverse legend read, HRTT / SQY/LT.