399, Lot: 266. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. Late 4th–mid 2nd centuries BC. AR nṣf – Unit (16.5mm, 4.99 g, 7h). 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, symbols to right; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Studies, SII.B.20, 185 var. (unlisted dies); CAF 1.4 var. (symbols); HGC 10, 721. VF, find patina, some roughness. Rare with these symbols.

From the Howard Simmons Collection of South Arabian Coinage.