Details
LOT 2806
Nabataea, Syllaios, Usurper AE 14mm. Circa 9-6 BC.
Petra mint. Diademed head to right; [..]-ḥēth in Aramaic across fields. / Crossed cornucopiae; long torch between; shin-[...] in Aramaic across fields. Cf. CN 83 (letters at left on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -. Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.(2.92gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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