Watch List notes:

ARABIA, Northern. Kingdom of Hagar. Dumat Al-Jandal (?). Series in the name of Abyatha, circa 220-205/4 BCE. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 3.92 g, 4 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐩱𐩨𐩺𐩻𐩲 (''byt'' in South Arabian) Beardless male figure with long hair seated left on low throne, legs crossed and resting on footstool, holding long dotted scepter in his left hand and reed or pipe from which he seems to smoke in his right; to left, 𐩱 ('a' in South Arabian); all within shallow round incuse. Arnold-Biucchi 9. CCK 116 (this coin). Mørkholm, Failaka, 11-16. Potts 2. Potts (Suppl.) 1. Extremely rare, one of just ten known examples. Somewhat porous and with a flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Ambassador Martin Huth.