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419, Lot: 240. Estimate $200.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. Late 4th–mid 2nd centuries BC. AR nṣf – Unit (14mm, 5.17 g, 6h). 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, R (in South Arabian) to right; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Studies, SII.B.1, 115 (O7/R7); CAF 1.1ai; Huth 170–4. Good VF, toned, some underlying luster.


From the South Arabian Collection of Howard Simmons.