Details
LOT 3192
Nabatea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Inscription in Nabataean around long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Inscription in Nabataean around jugate, draped busts to right of Aretas IV, long-haired and moustached, laureate, V-shaped ornament on his forehead, and Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis headdress. Al-Qatanani 112; Barkay 179. Good Fine.(4.16gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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