163, Lot: 60. Estimate $200. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. 9 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.50 g). Petra mint. Dated RY 3 (7/6 BC). Laureate head of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right; date as "thalta" rather than "III" . Cf. Meshorer,
Nabataea 52. Near VF, toned, areas of flat strike.
The obverse head, with its close-cropped hair, more closely resembles portraits of Augustus than that of Aretas.