This change of iconography was accompanied by a change of insignia: Aretas swapped the diadem for the laurel wreath," Kropp underlined, adding that the first Nabataean monarchs who minted coins with ...

The head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath has become a stylised wreath with pellets and crescents on the front. Greek coins depict a two-horse chariot on the back; here the design has been ...