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LOT 2715
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter (?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letters in between. Cf. CN 150d. Good Fine.(2.05gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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