Triton XIX, Lot: 319. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARABIA, Eastern. Mleiha. ’b’l brt Nšyl (’Abi’el, daughter of Našīl). 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.02 g, 12h). Imitating types of Alexander III of Macedon. Stylized head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Figure enthroned left, holding scepter in left hand, right hand extended, upon which is a forepart of a horse right; palm tree to left,
’b’l brt Nšyl (in Aramaic) to right. MacDonald,
‘Abiel’, Group A.1.1; Van Alfen,
Die 32–6 var. (O12/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Potts Class II, 4; HGC 10, 686; Huth –. Good VF, find patina. Rare.