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Himyar, Arabia, Southern, 'MDN BYN (cc. 100-120 A.D.), SNG ANS 1595-1601, AR-Unit, Raidan, #1Himyar, Arabia, Southern, 'MDN BYN (cc. 100-120 A.D.), SNG ANS 1595-1601, AR-Unit, Raidan, #1
avers: Male head right within pelleted torc, monogram to left.
reverse: Small head right, an oblong symbol to left, ‘sceptre’ to right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,5mm, weight: 1,18g, axes: 3h,
mint: Himyar, Arabia, Southern, date: cc. 100-120 A.D.,
ref: SNG ANS 1595-1601,
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Khusru IObverse: Head of Khusru I right with an inscription naming him around
Reverse: Fire altar flanked by two attendants with the mint mark to the right and the date mark to the left
Mint : RD
Date : AD 552 Year 22
Grade : gVF
Weight : 4.09g
Denom: Drachm
Metal : Silver
Acquired: 28/09/04
Comments: Size, 28.5 x 30.0. During the 6th century, the Christian King of Axum Kaleb with ships supplied by the Byzantine Emperor Justin I crossed the red sea with an army to come to the aid of Christians reportably being massacred by the Jewish ruler of Himyar (Yemen) Dhu Nuwas. Defeating the Himyar, Kaleb annexed Yemen and returned to Axum leaving Abraha as a Viceroy. In the "Year of the Elephant", 570 AD, Abraha invaded Mecca, but pestilence wiped out his army. Still, by 575 he was enough of a threat that Mecca had to ask Persia for assistance, at which point Khusru I invaded and eventually annexed Yemen.
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