Details
LOT 2970
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. Uncertain ruler, after 110 BC.
Beardless male head to right / Bearded male head to right, Royal Qatanian monogram behind, South Arabian monogram below. Huth 367. Very Fine.(1.88gr, 11mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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