419, Lot: 242. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. 1st century AD. AR Fraction (9.5mm, 0.32 g, 7h). Imitating Athens New Style. Head right within pellet border / Owl standing right, head facing; yanaf-monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right. CAF 1.14iv var. (wreathed border on obv.); cf. Huth 301; SNG ANS –. VF, toned.

From the South Arabian Collection of Howard Simmons.

The illustrations of the type in CAF do not show a wreath border, so this might not be a variety after all, and the description for these fractions in CAF should be amended.