399, Lot: 264. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. 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, 5.09 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, crescent to right; all within incuse square. Van Alfen,
Studies, SII.B.1, 109–10 var. (O–/R4 [unlisted rev. die]); CAF 1.1a; HGC 10, 720 var. (crescent not noted). Near EF, lightly toned.
From the Howard Simmons Collection of South Arabian Coinage.