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LOT 3195
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat(?) AR Sela'-Drachm. Struck circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. 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(?), veiled; inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataean 100-110. Near Very Fine. Obverse slightly off-centre.(3.85gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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