CNG 85, Lot: 527. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southeast (Macai). Abi’el(?). Late 1st century BC – 1st century AD. BI Unit (10mm, 0.74 g, 10h). Imitating Attambelos I of Characene(?). Diademed and bearded head left / Figure standing left, right arm extended; on right arm, forepart of horse right; monogram in left field, ATTA to outer right. Unpublished. VF, toned. Choice for issue. Extremely rare, one of two known, the other in the ANS.

Although this issue is unpublished, the forepart of horse on the arm of the figure on the reverse is a strong connection to the canonical type on the reverse of most of Abi’el’s fractions.