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LOT 3203
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat II AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 2(?) (AD 71/2). Petra mint.
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left / Veiled, laureate, and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Barkay 216; cf. DCA 984. Good Fine.(3.83gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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