384, Lot: 354. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. 2nd–3rd centuries AD. AR Unit – Denarius (15.5mm, 2.45 g, 12h). Diademed male head left; disc-crescent of
Dhat-Hamim above, curved symbol of
Almaqah to left, symbol of
Athtar to right,
M (in retrograde South Arabian) below / Facing boukranion; disc-crescent of
Dhat-Hamim above, monogram to left, curved symbol of
Almaqah to right. CAF 2.2i var. (letter on obv.); Huth 306; SNG ANS 1503–21 var. (no letters on obv). Good VF. Well centered.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.