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Details
LOT 3027
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Dated RY 6 (4/3 BC). Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and semkath flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic semkath and ḥēth across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 66; DCA 977. Near Very Fine.(3.98gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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