ARABIA, Eastern. Oman Peninsula. Mleiha (?). Abi’el, daughter of Baglan, circa 200 BCE. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.59 g, 7 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐡀 ('a' in Aramaic) Male figure seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right. CCK 120 = Potts (Suppl.) 273 = van Alfen 393a ( this coin, O2/R3). Extremely rare, the finest of just five known examples. An exceptionally well preserved example, beautifully toned and very sharply struck on excellent silver. Good extremely fine.

From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth.