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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Arabia| > SH63540
Qataban, South Arabia, Unknown Ruler, Late 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
|Arabia|, |Qataban,| |South| |Arabia,| |Unknown| |Ruler,| |Late| |2nd| |-| |1st| |Century| |B.C.|, Hoover states this type was probably struck under Yad'ab Dhubyan Yuhargib, c. 155 - 135 B.C.

The Qatabanian Kingdom seems to have come into existence around 500 B.C. and endured until around the beginning of the Christian Era. Timna, the capital of ancient Qataban, was near modern Hajar Kohlan in Yemen. It was an important hub in the incense route which supplied Arabian and Indian incense via camel caravan to ports on the Mediterranean Sea.
SH63540. Silver hemidrachm, Huth 364; HGC 10, 714, gVF, tight flan (as always for this type), Timna mint, weight 1.958g, maximum diameter 12.8mm, die axis 0o, late 2nd - 1st century B.C.; obverse bare head right with curly short hair, uncertain legend; reverse male head right with neatly trimmed short beard and hair rolled, uncertain legend above, royal Qatabanian monogram behind neck, control monograms below and before; rare; SOLD











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