Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 329. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. 9 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (4.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (8/7 BC). “Aretas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 2” in Aramaic, diademed and draped bust of Aretas right; Aramaic ‘h’ to left / “Huldu, queen of the Nabataeans. Year 2” in Aramaic, veiled and draped bust of Huldu right; Aramaic ‘h’ to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 50. Good VF, toned. Well struck on a broad flan of good metal.