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LOT 2836
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 17mm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. Very Fine.(2.75gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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