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LOT 2989

Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm. Circa 30-9 BC.

Petra mint. Dated RY 6 or 7 (25/4 or 24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans year
6 (or 7)' in Aramaic around, O-ח across fields. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. Near Very Fine.(11.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2989

Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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