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Period : Iron Age
Material : Silver
Height : 0.3 cm
Diameter : 2.2 cm
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A silver tetradrachm coin from Mleiha. Obverse: smooth and lightly rounded side. Reverse: Zeus half draped and crossed legs is sitting on the left on a stool. With his left hand he is holding a long sceptre, while with the right one he holds an eagle. On the right, vertically:?. In the left field, a monogram (?) in front of the vertical shin (south Arabian letter).


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