Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 19 in the first edition of AEIR.
The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.
The base is stamped PB 119 on the upper surface in the usual manner.
This is one of two 'Asiatic' archer models in this range and both are clearly based on representations on Trajan's Column. They depict Syrian - or other Levantine - troops, so the term 'Asiatic' is a little vague to put it mildly.
It's a standard Minifigs archer pose and nothing wrong with that. You only have to glance at these fellows to know what they are about, and what more can we reasonably ask of a wargames figure?
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