Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 832. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Syllaeus. 9 BC. AR 1/4 Drachm (1.04 g, 12h). Diademed head of Obodas III right; Aramaic het before / Aramaic shin (Syllaeus) and het (Aretas) within wreath. Meshorer, Nabataea Sup. 4 var. (no het on obverse); Schmitt-Korte & Price,"Nabataean Coinage III", NC 1994, pl. 10 var. (same). VF, dark find patina, obverse struck off center. Unpublished variety of a rare type.