Details
LOT 2990
Nabataea, Obodas II AE 23mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / Filleted cornucopia to right(?); 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around, 'Year 4' across field. Cf. CN 31; Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-541, 198).(9.33gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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