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LOT 3031
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; monogram above, [letter?] before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 (letter behind). Near Extremely Fine.(3.71gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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