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E-Sale 34  18 February 2017
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Lot 108

Estimate: 100 GBP
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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. Struck under Karib'il Watar Yuhan'im I (?) in Raydan, circa AD 40-70. Bare head left; monogram behind, all within dotted border terminated by arrow head / Diademed head right; South Arabian legend: KRB'L YHN'M (king's name) above, RYDN (mint) below, 'oblong sign' to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.16i. 1.78g, 14mm, 8h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

Munro-Hay cites only one example with a left-facing obverse head, ref. Stuart Munro-Hay, Coinage of Arabia Felix: The Pre-Islamic Coinage of the Yemen in Nomismata 5, 2003, p. 177.
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