376, Lot: 259. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. 9 BC-AD 40. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.36 g, 12h). Petra mint. Uncertain date, struck 9 BC-AD 16. Laureate head of Aretas right; Aramaic ḥēth-semkath across field / Veiled bust of Huldu right, with lotus above head. Meshorer, Nabataea – (cf. 49A for obv. type); Schmitt-Korte II –; cf. CNG 82, lot 749. VF, toned, some porosity, a few marks, struck from a worn reverse die. Rare variety with the lotus above the veil of Huldu.