CNG 69, Lot: 701. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. 
ARABIA, Uncertain. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.13 g)

Degraded head of Herakles right(?) 
Figure seated right, holding sceptre and bird; reversed 
swastika in right field, uncertain symbol or letter to left. 
Potts -; cf. Gemini 1, lot 258 (reverse). 
Unpublished. 

obverse and reverse types appear to copy either Alexandrine 
or Seleukid prototypes, but their overall style and certain attributes defy certain placement into any of the known 
series in Arabia, or those farther east.

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