Details
LOT 3213
Nabataea, Aretas IV Lead Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 20/1.
Diademed head to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath(?) and palm branch. Cf. Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, 252. Near Very Fine.(2.31gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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