LOT 3316
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 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 112. Very Fine.(4.21gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Good Fine. Rare.
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Near Very Fine.
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Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows, Administration -; BMC Arabia -; Brindley -; Klein -; Sunrise -. 0.82gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
