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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 700. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. ARABIA, Uncertain. 2nd century BC. AR 
                                Tetradrachm (15.29 gm, 12h). BID Estimate $750  

                              ARABIA, Uncertain. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm 
                              (15.29 gm, 12h). Diademed male head right / Figure 
                              seated right, holding patera and branch, upon 
                              which bird is perched; reversed swastika in right 
                              field. Potts -; cf. Gemini 1, lot 258. VF, die 
                              rust, some roughness, test cut on reverse. 
                              Unpublished. ($750)

                              This, and the following, coins are part of a small 
                              group of imitative coins that has recently 
                              appeared on the market (see Gemini 1, lots 
                              258-260, for the others). Their 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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High bid of $750, $862.5 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €607.5, £412.5, C$937.5, A$975, on June 8, 2005.

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