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LOT 2809
Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. Condition as seen.(1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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