Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 971. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat. 9 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (4.51 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 32 (AD 23/4). Laureate bust of Aretas IV right / Laureate, draped, and veiled bust of Shaqilat right, date in legend. Meshorer, Nabataea -; Schmitt-Korte II 76 var. (RY 33). Good VF, find patina. Unpublished variety.