The Howard Simmons Collection of South Arabian Coinage

399, Lot: 250. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Uncertain. 3rd-2nd centuries BC(?). AR Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 17.65 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse circle(?). Unpublished in the standard references. VF. Very rare.

From the Howard Simmons Collection of South Arabian Coinage.

This piece shares stylistic elements with the early issues of both Qataban and Saba’, but none of the published issues are close enough to distinguish which was the issuer.