Nuqud Gallery
Eastern Arabia, Mleiha, in name of Abi'el, silver tetradrachm, Mleiha (Maleha, Sharjah) mint, 100 BCE-100 CE, crude imitation of the coinage of Alexander III the Great
Eastern Arabia, Mleiha: in name of Abi'el, silver tetradrachm (15.37g), Mleiha (Maleha, Sharjah) mint, 100 BCE-100 CE. Crude imitation of the coinage of Alexander III the Great. Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin / Figure seated, holding scepter, horse standing on arm, palm tree and trident (symbol of Mleiha?) in left field, "Abi'el" in crude form of Aramaic in right field. Crude style. Much rarer in higher silver content.