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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 25762602, member: 51347&quot;]Great score [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ! Nice hard to get King.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My Frankincense coin…</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arabia-felix-himyarite-ar-quinarius-head-torque-head-south-arabian-script-ref-munro-hay-3-25-jpg.938093/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Arabia Felix,</p><p>Himyarite Kings, </p><p>Tha’ Ran Ya’ NB</p><p>Ar Unit (Quinarius), </p><p>14mm, 1.5g, 5h; </p><p>Raidan mint, 2nd Century AD.</p><p>Obv.: Head right, within circular torque, monogram behind.</p><p>Rev.: Head right, scepter before, kings name and mint in South Arabian Script around.</p><p>Ref: Munro-Hay 3.25</p><p>His comments: Here is a small, ancient Yemeni silver coin, of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himyarite_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himyarite_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">Himyarite Kingdom</a>. The Himyarites occupied the area of Southern Arabia known to Romans as Arabia Felix. They produced the frankincense that their Arab cousins, the Nabataeans, exported to the northern world. By the time this coin was minted, however, the Romans had discovered a sea route from Alexandria to Arabia Felix, severely limiting the Nabataean overland trade. The Romans traded extensively with the ancient Yemeni, so I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that these coins are roughly the same weight and fineness of early Imperial quinarii. The script is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_South_Arabian_script" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_South_Arabian_script" rel="nofollow">Ancient South Arabian</a>.</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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