CNG 96, Lot: 582. Estimate $300. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ (23mm, 9.41 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 1/2). Laureate head of Aretas right / Laureate, veiled, and draped bust of Huldu right; Nabataean ‘ŠR (10 = date) at end of legend to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 79; DCA 973. Good VF, dark earthen brown patina, a few cleaning marks. Very rare and exceptional for type.