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Details
LOT 2716
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter and pellet in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; cf. CN 96. Good Fine.(2.42gr, 14mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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