419, Lot: 228. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Himyar. 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ. Circa AD 100-120. AR Unit (13mm, 1.38 g, 9h). With name 'Amdān Bayān. Raydan mint. Head left within serpent border; pentagram to left, monogram to right / Small head right; ‘scepter’ to right. CAF –; Huth 419 var. (monogram); SNG ANS –. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the South Arabian Collection of Howard Simmons.

This monogram is not listed in CAF, but is present on another issue of units, cf. Huth 424–6.