215, Lot: 284. Estimate $300. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ Semis (20mm, 5.47 g, 12h). Petra mint. Uncertain date, struck 6-3 BC. Laureate head of Aretas right; Aramaic semkath to right / Woman (Huldu?) standing facing, head left, raising hand; Aramaic semkath-ḥēth across field. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 56, 58, and 66. Near VF, dark brown patina.