CNG 94, Lot: 768. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. 30-9 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.58 g, 12h). Dated year 16 (15/4 BC). Jugate diademed busts of Obodas and Hagaru right; Nabataean H to left / Diademed and draped bust of Obodas right; Nabataean 16 and H to left. Meshorer,
Nabataea Sup. 3 (Obodas III); DCA 965. Near EF, traces of find patina, off center strike, die break on reverse.
For the reattribution of the coins of Obodas III to Obodas II, see M. Huth, “Some Nabataean Questions Reconsidered” in CCK, pp. 213–26.