CNG 112, Lot: 347. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Malichos I. 60-30 BC. AR Quarter Shekel – “Drachm” (16.5mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 26 (35/4 BC). Diademed head right / MLKW MLK’ (in Nabataean = Melko the King), eagle standing left; palm frond to left; to right, Nabataean S above L Kς (date) above Nabataean Ḥ. Schmitt-Korte II 11; Hoover & Barkay 15 var. = Barkay, Silver 1 var. (rev. legend); Meshorer, Nabataea –; HGC 10, 681 var. (same); DCA 957 var. (same); CNG 111, lot 393 (same dies). Find patina, a couple small metal flaws, struck from worn obverse die. Good VF. Extremely rare, possibly the third known of this variety, none in CoinArchives.