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Details
LOT 2727
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field / Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. Very Fine.(2.33gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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