Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 624. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Malichus I. 60-30 BC. AR Drachm (3.34 g, 1h). Petra mint. Dated RY 26 (35/4 BC). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left; palm to left; to right, Aramaic [het]/samekh above LKς (date). Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 12 (didrachm); Schmitt-Korte II 11. VF, attractive find patina. Very rare.