Details
LOT 2805
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Laureate head to right / Hagaru standing to left and raising her right hand; date in legend to upper right. Barkay, King 41A; Meshorer, Nabataea -. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-462, 172).(5.09gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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