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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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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
