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Details
LOT 3189
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Attributed to years 2-24 (8/7 BC-AD 15/16). Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; [letter] to right / Bell shaped object with five fringes; ['Hagra'] in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 87; CN, Type 149a. Near Very Fine.(1.78gr, 14mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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