Watch List notes:

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, 9 BC-AD 40. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.05 g), Petra, after 17 AD. [h-š] Jugate and draped busts of Aretas IV and Shaqilat to right. Rev. 'ḥrtt / šqy/lt' ('Aretas, Shaqilat' in Nabataean) Crossed cornucopiae. Barkay 186. Meshorer, Nabataea, 114. Beautiful earthen highlights. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.