.jpg "Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela-Drachm.")
LOT 3194
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 31(?) (AD 22/3). Petra mint.
Long-haired, laureate, moustached, 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 around containing date at end. Cf. Barkay 170; cf. DCA 975. Fine. Obverse off-centre.(3.33gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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