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ID:     711061
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     ARABIA
City:     Eastern Arabia
Issuer:     Abiel
Date Ruled:     1st century BC - 1st century AD
Metal:     Billon
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Weight:     16.48 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Degraded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Description:     Figure seated left, arms extended to right and left; on right arm, horse standing right; date-palm and tri-fluked anchor in left field, "Abi'el" in blundered Aramaic in outer right field, four pellets behind figure, three pellets above and below strut of chair
Primary Reference:     Extremely rare
Reference2:     two examples of this variety known to Potts
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76288
Grade:     ($1000)
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1061