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