Details
LOT 2840
South Arabia, Himyar. 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Raidan mint. Bare head to right, within plain border terminated by arrowhead / Small head to right; YNF monogram in left field; South Arabian legend: 'MDN BYN (king's name) above, RYDN (mint) below, 'sceptre' symbol to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 430-1 corr. (obv. border interrupted); SNG ANS 1582-94. Good Very Fine.(1.09gr, 13mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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