Unpublished
CNG 111, Lot: 395. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NABATAEA. Obodas II, with Hagaru I. 30-9 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 4.52 g, 12h). Pre-reform coinage. Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Jugate diademed busts of Obodas and Hagaru, draped, right / Eagle standing left; date at end of legend. Cf. Barkay,
King 13 = Schmitt-Korte II 12 for a similar RY 4 bronze with this reverse type, but with only the king’s bust and a different form of the date. VF, earthen dark green patina, slightly off center on reverse. Unpublished and extremely rare.