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LOT 2993

Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.

Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134; Meshorer, Nabataea 81. Very Fine.(2.60gr, 14mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2993

Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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