Choice for Issue

215, Lot: 285. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ Quadrans (14mm, 2.51 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck AD 16. Aretas standing facing, head left, holding spear; palm to left, Aramaic ḥēth to right / Shaqilat standing facing, head left, raising hand; wreath to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. Good VF, dark green patina. Well centered and struck. Choice for issue.