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Details
LOT 2717
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70. Very Fine.(1.86gr, 14mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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