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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2  5 January 2016
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Lot 317

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 3500 USD
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NABATAEA. Malichos I. 60-30 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 3.16 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 28 (33/2 BC). Diademed head right; W[?] (in Nabataean) to left / MLKW MLK' MLK NBṬW (in Nabataean = Melko the King, King of the Nabataeans), eagle standing left; Š[NT] and date (in Nabataean) across field. Meshorer, Nabataea –; Schmitt-Korte II –; Hoover & Barkay 16 = Huth 46; cf. HGC 10, 682; cf. DCA 958 (didrachm). Good VF, find patina, flat strike in center. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.

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