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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2234918, member: 15445&quot;]<b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">S</span></b> is for <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">S</span></b>quid?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]439917[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]439918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is from the south-western end of the Arabian penninsula. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It was minted in the first Century B.C. and the first A.D. Century.&nbsp; I&#039;m only messing with you about the squid.&nbsp; It&#039;s obviously a bull&#039;s head &amp; once you see the bull, you can&#039;t go back to the squid.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439921[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ARABIA, Southern <i>Saba&#039;</i></b></p><p><b>AR Unit </b>(Light Drachm)</p><p><b>ca. 50 B.C. – A.D. 50 </b></p><p><br /></p><p>2.15 gms, 14 to 15.4 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Simple diademed head left with</p><p>symbols in fields. Pellet within</p><p>crescent at top, beaded boarder.</p><p>Lower 50% of beading is off flan.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Bucranium (Bull’s head) facing</p><p>with symbols in fields</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Near Mint, lustrous and properly</p><p>conserved. Slightly off center on a</p><p>small diameter planchet.</p><p><b>Other:</b> No listing in my limited Sear books for this Southern Saba / Himyarite coin. SNG.ANS.1516. The biblical kingdom of ‘Sheba’ (ca. 1200 BC) was the ancient Semitic civilization of Saba’ in Southern Arabia (modern day Yemen). The ancient Saba’ Kingdom fell after civil war resulting in the rise of the late Himyarite Kingdom. Ex Pegasi, from Allen Berman October 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ich habe Spaß heute in Deutschland.&nbsp; (Coin hunting tomorrow).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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