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Details
LOT 2711
Nabataea, Aretas III AE 16mm. 84-71 BC. Damascus mint.
Diademed head of Aretas III to right / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΡΕ-ΤΟΥ, Nike in guise of Tyche standing to left, holding wreath with extended right hand and sceptre with left; [AP] to left. Al-Qatanani 19-20; Meshorer 8. Very Fine. Excessively rare issue; none of this type have come to market in the last twenty-five years.(4.33gr, 16mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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