LOT 2823
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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. Good Very Fine.(4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Near Very Fine.
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Opening Bid: £360
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Good Very Fine.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Near Extremely Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
