Browsing Ancient Coinage of Arabia

4Dr Unpub	Arabia or Persian Gulf Region, uncertain mint, AR Tetradrachm. Third to second century BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin, of barbarous style / Barbarized legend, crude Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow held in right hand & resting left hand on grounded bow.	Text
4Dr Unpub1	Arabia or Persian Gulf Region, uncertain mint, AR Tetradrachm. Third to second century BC. Diademed head of king right, of barbarous style / Barbarized legend, crude Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow held in right hand & resting left hand on grounded bow, X above retrograde E in left field.	Text
ARObol	Northeastern Arabia: Eagle. Mid- third century BC. AR obol. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle, part of Arabian letter in right field.	Text
Munro 170	Southern Arabia, 'Mdn Byn AR Helf Unit. First century AD. Janiform head, Sabaean letter SH on neck / Head right with spiral curls, scepter symbol before.	Text
Munro 352	Southern Arabia, Qataban AR Unit. Second-first century BC. Male head right with hair in tight curls / Bearded head right with long hair in krobylos behind.	Text
Potts 177	Arabia, Southeast (Macai) AR Obol. 2nd century BC. Mleiha mint, imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Blank / Figure seated left, holding eagle & staff; pellet in upper field, vertical shim in left field.	Text
Potts 253	Arabia, Southeast (Macai), Abi'el AR Obol. Late 2nd century BC. Mleiha mint, imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin / Figure seated left, holding forepart of horse & staff; date-palm in left field.	Text
Potts 281cf	Arabia, Southeast (Macai), Abi'el AR Drachm. Late 2nd century BC. Mleiha mint, imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin / Figure seated left, holding forepart of horse & staff; date-palm in left field, Aramaic legend to right, anchor monogram to outer right.	Text
Potts 313		Text
Potts 377		Text
Potts 408	Arabia. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. Billon or Æ Tetradrach. Crude head of Herakles right, in lion skin (also resembles Zeus-Ammon) / Zeus-Shamash seated left, holding horse and sceptre; tree to left, L, in left field, monogram in right field, legend behind scepter.	Text
Potts 411		Text
Potts 421	Southeastern Arabia: Abi'el? AR tetradrachm. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress, of abstract style with profile eye / Deity with spiky hair enthroned left, holding small horse figure & scepter, tree with fruit & trident-like symbol in left field, scattering of fine pellets in field.	Text
Potts 451	Southeastern Arabia: Abi’el? Second-first century BC. AR tetradrachm. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress, of abstract style with frontal eye / Wreathed or perhaps helmeted deity enthroned left, holding horse & scepter, palm tree & L in left field, trident-like symbol & Aramaic(?) inscription.	Text
Potts IVcf	Northeastern Arabia AR Tetradrachm. Third century BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / Aramaic inscription, deity (Shams?) enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand & scepter in left.	Text
Potts Unlisted	Arabia, uncertain mint AR Tetradrachm. 2nd century BC. Diademed male head right / Figure seated right, holding patera & branch, upon which bird is perched; reversed swastika in right field. cf. Gemini 1, lot 258.	Text
Potts Unlisted02	Arabia, uncertain mint, AR Tetradrachm. 2nd century BC. Degraded head of Herakles right(?) / Figure seated right, holding scepter & bird; reversed swastika in right field, uncertain symbol or letter to left. cf. Gemini 1, lot 258 (reverse).	Text
Potts XLIV	Southeastern Arabia, Abi'el AR Tetradrachm. ca 250 BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress, of local style / Aramaic inscription Abi'el, Zeus of local style enthroned left, holding horse protome on extended right hand & scepter in left, stylized palm tree in left field, trident-like symbol in outer right field.	Text
Potts Xcf	Arabia or Persian Gulf Region, Uncertain mint, AR Tetradrachm. Third to second century BC. Diademed head of king right, of local style / Male deity of local style seated left on diphros, pouring libation from phiale held in right hand, left hand behind him holding branch on which bird perched right.	Text
SNGCopSup 1239cf		Text
Obol	CC132 Eastern Arabia AR obol VF	Text
Sear #6112	Sabaeans & Himyarites AR Drachm, imitating Athens. 3rd-2nd Century BC. Head of Athena right in crested, ornamented helmed, Sabaean letter N on cheek / Owl standing right, crescent to left, AQE to right within incuse square.
See also:	Perseus Project database, coins of Arabia
	Search for Arabia at CoinArchives.com
	Historia Numorum, by Barclay Head, Entries for Arabia
	Entry for Arabia on the Digital Historia Numorum
	Search for Arabia at AncientImports.com
	Search for Arabia at Incitatus Coins
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