CNG 85, Lot: 520. Estimate $200. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ Quadrans (15mm, 2.82 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck AD 16. Aretas standing left, holding spear set on ground; palm frond to left, Aramaic ḥēth to upper right / Shaqilat standing left, raising hand; wreath to left; to right, name in Aramaic in three lines. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. Near EF, dark green patina, earthen encrustation. Exceptional quality for type.