Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5331

Price realized: 150 USD   (Approx. 138 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (10mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 14 (AD 5/6). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right, wearing Isis crown; date at end of legend to left. CN 139a; Meshorer, Nabataea –; DCA 973. Light roughness, slightly off center, scratch on reverse. Good VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 361

Price realized: 3,500 USD   (Approx. 3,206 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (17mm, 4.34 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 6 (4/3 BC). Laureate head of Aretas right; Nabataean S to left, Nabataean Ḥ to right / ḤRTT MLK [NB]ṬW (in Nabataean = Aretas King of the [Naba]taeans), veiled and draped bust of Huldu left, wearing diadem with Isis crown; ŠNT 6 (in Nabataean = year 6 [date]) at end of legend to left. Unpublished. Flan cracks, roughness, a little off center on reverse. Good VF. Apparently unique.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5330

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 92 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (10.5mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 5 (5/4 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right / Veiled and draped bust of Huldu right; date at end of legend to left. CN 109; Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 6; DCA 973. Lightly toned, light roughness, small area of weak strike. VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 349

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. AR Sela' – "Drachm" (16.5mm, 4.37 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 7 (3/2 BC). Laureate head of Aretas right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / ḤRTT MLK NBṬW (in Nabataean = Aretas King of the Nabataeans), veiled and draped bust of Huldu left, wearing diadem with Isis crown; ŠNT 7 (in Nabataean = year 7 [date]) at end of legend to right. Unpublished, but cf. Triton XXVII, lot 361 for a similar type dated RY 6. Faintly toned, a little off center, area of weak strike. VF. Apparently unique.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 4:
Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 86Auction date: 17 December 2023
Lot number: 196

Price realized: 40 GBP   (Approx. 51 USD / 47 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Kings of Nabathaea, Aretas IV, with Huldu. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40 Petra Bronze 6-5 BC, Æ 17.00 mm., 5.79 g.
Laureate head of Aretas r.; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck. Rev. Huldu standing l., raising hand; date in legend to upper r., Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across field . CN 108. Meshorer, Nabataea 56.

About Very fine

Ex CNG e-sale 529, 2022, 343.


Starting price: 30 GBP

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 353

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


NABATAEA. Malichos I. Circa 59/8-30 BC. AR Quarter Shekel – "Drachm" (17mm, 3.37 g, 12h). Petra mint. Dated RY 26 (35/4 BC). Diademed head right / MLKW MLK' MLK NB[ṬW] (in Nabataean = "Malichos the King, King of the Nabataeans"), eagle standing left; palm frond to left; L Kς (date) to right. CN 10; Hoover & Barkay 15 = Barkay, Silver 1; Al-Qatanani 22; Meshorer, Nabataea 12 var. (no palm frond); HGC 10, 679; DCA 957. Toned, scratches under tone. Good VF.


Estimate: 1500 USD