Details
LOT 2678
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Phasael. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 5/4 BC. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Phaṣa in Aramaic between. CN 118a; Meshorer, Nabataea 64A. Near Very Fine.(2.37gr, 14mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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