LOT 3321
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; het in Nabataean to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines to right, wreath to left. CN 187d; Meshorer, Nabataea 97. Very Fine.(2.35gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ex cgb.fr. (bga_198328). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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