★ Ex Sotheby's, 27-28 October 1993, 896 ★

ARABIA, Eastern. Oman Peninsula. Mleiha or ad-Dur (?). Later coinage in the name of Abi'el, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 24 mm, 15.00 g, 1 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Stylized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐡀𐡁𐡀𐡋 ('b’l' in Aramaic) Male figure seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and a horse on his right arm; to left, palm stem; to left, below right arm, anchor-like symbol (of Mleiha?) placed sidewise. CCK 135 = van Alfen 164b ( this coin, O1/R1). An attractive coin with a lovely near black patina. Traces of overstriking (?) on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth, ex Sotheby's, 27-28 October 1993, 896.