Greek Coins Arabia Felix 100-150 AD Very rare HDR/WTR silver coin, c.100-150 CE, Himyarite Kingdom, Arabia

Monogrammed ḥḍr (????????????) in South Arabian (the drawing is shown below) // wtr (????????????) in South Arabian below a curved line. 9mm, 0.22 grams. Cf. Zeno 306077; Cf. CAF 3.17iii (different monograms listed); cf. Huth 410 (different monogram), cf. 436-46 (later scyphate series in the name of 'Amdān Bayān which uses this monogram); Leu Web 6, 389; CNG E-351, 387 (realized 240$ + fees). 

High quality example in aUNC, very crudely struck coinage as usual, very rare.

Apparently unpublished with this monogram, though a few specimens are now known from various sales and are listed on Zeno. This type is variously attributed to Karib'īl Watār Yuhan'im or 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ, based on the monograms found on their epigraphic coins. This rare type is very unusual, and is very different from the normal common Himyarite coinage. It is probably a provincial issue, or coinage struck at a lesser mint.

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