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Details
LOT 2723
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. Very Fine.(3.88gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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