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LOT 2827

Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.

Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Very Fine.(3.01gr, 17mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2827

Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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