Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 698. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southeast (Macai). Abi'el. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. AR Drachm (4.02 gm, 3h). Mleiha mint. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Figure seated left, holding horse and staff; date-palm and tri-fluked anchor in left field, "Abi'el" in blundered Aramaic in right. Potts, Supplement, Class XLVII, 377 (same dies). VF, lightly toned. Struck on a thick flan with fresh dies. ($500)