Details
LOT 3188
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter ḥēth to right / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; CN 189. Very Fine.(2.05gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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