CNG 108, Lot: 377. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. 30-9 BC. AR Sela’ – Drachm (16mm, 4.44 g, 12h). Petra mint(?). Uncertain date (RY 11?). Laureate head of Obodas right, of unusual style / Diademed and veiled head of Hagaru right; date across field (partially off flan). Barkay, King, Sup. I-IA; Hoover & Barkay 26 (Year 11); Huth 54 (Year 11); Meshorer, Nabataea –. VF, softly struck, patches of find patina. Extremely rare, only two coins of this style noted by Barkay.

Barkay noted the unusual style of this issue, and suggested that it was either due to an inexperienced die engraver or, perhaps, the product of a different workshop than that which produced the bulk of Obodas’ coinage.