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Details
LOT 3032
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela' Drachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 72/3). Petra mint.
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; 'Rabbel, king of the Nabataeans. Year 3' in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; 'Shaqilat, his mother, queen of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around. CN 218; Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. Very Fine. Obverse struck off-centre.(3.34gr, 13mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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