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LOT 2996
Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. Near Very Fine.(3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134c; Meshorer, Nabataea 82. 2.42gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
