Watch List notes:

ARABIA, Eastern. Oman Peninsula. Mleiha (?). Coins without patronym, mid 2nd to 1st century BCE. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 4.00 g, 9 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Male figure seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and forepart of a horse in his right; to left, palm stem; to right, downward-pointing anchor-like symbol (of Mleiha?). CCK 125 (this coin). Potts (Suppl.) 282-286. Very rare and beautifully toned. Slightly rough, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth.