Details
LOT 3210
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shuqailat II 16mm. Attributed to year 6 (AD 75/6). Petra mint.
Jugate busts of Rabbel II, laureate and draped and Shuqailat II, laureate, veiled and draped to right / Crossed cornucopiae, 'Rabbell Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines; 'his mother' in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 146; CN Type 223; Barkay, Rabbel 18. Near Very Fine.(3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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