Details
LOT 3001
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC - AD 15/6. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter ḥēth in between. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; CN 96. Very Fine.(2.09gr, 13mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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