This ancient coins Found in Yemen's Marib Is it genuine? If the original price how much? Please read this article http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/imitations.html
Welcome to the Ancients Forum of CoinTalk @Thoyzen ! I am by NO MEANS an expert. However, your 2nd and 3rd pics are similar to mine. Perhaps another, more expert person will post comments and to their authenticity: Arabia Felix, Himyarite Kings, Tha’ Ran Ya’ NB Ar Unit (Quinarius), 14mm, 1.5g, 5h; Raidan mint, 2nd Century AD. Obv.: Head right, within circular torque, monogram behind. Rev.: Head right, scepter before, kings name and mint in South Arabian Script around. Reference: Munro-Hay 3.25 Comments: A small, ancient Yemeni silver coin, of the Himyarite Kingdom. 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 Ancient South Arabian.
I cannot comment whether they are authentic or not. Mine was well under $100 USD. Go to this site for more info on the Quinarius version (Silver) - similar to my posting: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=
The owl looks like a cast tourist token. The two coins of Himyar look good to me. In that condition they are worth about $50-$75 apiece in the US market. Better grade coins go for around $100. Here is one of mine... Athena has a distinctly ethnic look on the Sabaean imitative owls, with a mark of value on her cheek...
[QUOTE="Thoyzen, post: 2634757, member: 84913"]...http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/imitations.html...[/QUOTE] Welcome to the forum, Thoyzen! This is an interesting article on imitative Athenian Owl tetradrachma.
