Details
LOT 3193
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 33(?) (AD 24/5). Petra mint.
Long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right; inscription in Nabataean around / Jugate draped busts to right of Aretas IV, and Shaqilat; inscription in Nabataean containing date around. Cf. Barkay 172-173. Good Fine.(4.13gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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