Watch List notes:

Kings of Characene, Attambelos I Soter Euergetes BI Tetradrachm. Charax-Spasinu, 48-30 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / [ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΤΤΑΜR(sic)[ΗΛΟΥ] ΣΩΤΕΡΟ[Σ] ΚΑΙ ΕΥΕΡΓ[ΕΤΟΥ], Herakles seated left, holding club on knee; PAN monogram above arm, Z above thigh; [date] in exergue (not visible on this coin, but the particular control marks are only known for tetradrachms struck in Seleukid era years 269-270 = 44-42 BC). Hill, Attambelos 14, 9; Nicolet-Pierre, Thionèsis, pl. III, 5 var. (X below arm); Sunrise 469 var. (Γ or P below arm); BMC Arabia 5 var. (X beneath arm). 11.74g, 30mm, 12h.

Very Fine; weakly struck on obv. and some encrustations on rev. Rare.

From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.