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LOT 2999
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. Near Very Fine.(5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth to right?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.01gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
