Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 450. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 4.19 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head right; Aramaic het-samekh flanking / Female figure (Huldu?) standing left, raising hand; date in legend. Meshorer, Nabataea 56. Good VF, black patina, attractive earthen highlights.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.