Details
LOT 2815
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Undated, but attributed to years AD 26-48. Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; ligate letters in Aramaic to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shaqilat' in two lines in Aramaic to right, wreath to left. CN 187c. Very Fine. Very rare.(2.58gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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