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Lot # 167
NABATHAEA. Petra. Aretas IV with Shaqilat, 9 BC-AD 40. Bronze (13.10 mm, 3.28 g) Struck circa 16. Aretas standing to left in military dress, holding spear set on ground with the right hand and resting the left hand on sword to right, palm branch to left, H monogram (“heth”) in Aramaic to upper right (not visible). Rev. Shaqilat standing left, raising the right hand to left, laurel wreath below, her name (“shqylt”) in Aramaic in three lines to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; Schmitt-Korte II, 66; SNG Cop - ; SNG ANS 1438 ff. Very Fine.