301, Lot: 89. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. 9 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.90 g, 4h). Petra mint. Dated RY 9 (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right. Meshorer, Nabataea –; Hoover & Barkay –; Schmitt-Korte II –; Huth –; DCA 973 (unlisted date). Good VF. Very interesting date formation and placement in a second line behind Huldu’s head and. Extremely rare and historically important, representing the only known example in silver from Aretas’ first gap in silver coinage, from RY 3-12.