Details
LOT 2729
Nabataea, Rabbell II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Laureate head of Rabbell to right / Veiled head of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4. Near Very Fine.(3.63gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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