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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 834. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. 
Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Syllaeus. 9 BC. Æ 16mm (2.67 g, 12h). Diademed head of Aretas IV right; uncertain Aramaic letter or monogram behind / Draped bust of Syllaeus(?) right; Aramaic shin and ’ayin flanking. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 119-120. Near VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished.


Although this particular coin is unpublished, see Schmitt-Korte and Price III, pp. 102-3 for the reattribution of Meshorer 119-120 to the reign of Syllaeus.