376, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat. 9 BC-AD 40. Æ (15mm, 2.24 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck AD 16. Aretas standing left, holding spear set on ground with right hand, resting left on sword in sheath; palm frond to left, Aramaic ḥēth to right / Shaqilat standing left, raising hand; wreath to left; to right, name in Aramaic in three lines. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits, a few cleaning marks. Exceptional quality for type.