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265, Lot: 216. Estimate $300.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Oman Peninsula. ‘Abi’el’. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. BI Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.12 g, 10h). Stylized head of Herakles right / Figure enthroned left, holding horse on outstretched arm and scepter; palm and trident in left field, wreath-like symbolss behind and below throne. Van Alfen, ’Abiel’ 314 (O?/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Potts, Supplement, class XLVII; HGC 10, 689. VF, black patina.


The usual dot on the cheek is not visible, though this is perhaps just the result of the crude strike.