Details
LOT 2834
Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shuqailat II AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 40-70.
Petra mint. Uncertain date. Laureate and draped bust of Malichos to right / Veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 123-139. Very Fine.(3.68gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2834
Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shuqailat II AR Sela'-Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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