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LOT 2728
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Jugate, laureate and draped busts of Rabbell and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; inscription in Nabataean between. Cf. CN 235; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 163. Near Very Fine.(4.00gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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