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LOT 2959
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; letter(?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. Good Very Fine.(3.88gr, 18mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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