351, Lot: 393. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. Late 4th–mid 2nd centuries BC. AR
nṣf – Unit (14mm, 5.37 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right;
N (in retrograde South Arabian; mark of value) on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; [olive spray and crescent to left]; all within incuse square. Van Alfen,
Studies, Group SII.A, 68a (O54/R57 – this coin); CAF 1.1i; Huth 160–1; SNG ANS 1455; HGC 10, 720. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, light deposits on reverse.
Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XV (5 June 1991), lot 271.