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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26277167, member: 110226&quot;]Your coin is a very nice example of a Himyarite silver drachm, or possibly a fractional.&nbsp; The coin&#039;s weight will determine that.&nbsp; It is pre-Islamic, dating to the first century BC, and comes from what is Yemen today.&nbsp; The reverse is patterned after the Athenian new style owl coinage of the second to first centuries BC.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an example:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Attica, Athens, new style tetradrachm, 133/2 BC. </p><p>Thompson 380.c </p><p>17.02 grams </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1678649[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are imitation tetradrachms that were produced in Arabia.&nbsp; The Athenian tetradrachm was the mainstay coinage that dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean for nearly four hundred years.&nbsp; They were produced even during the period of dominance by the tetradrachms of Alexander III and his successors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some Arabian owls:</p><p><br /></p><p>South Arabia, Qataban Kingdom, South Arabia, tetradrachm, imitating Athens, 4th-3rd centuries BC.</p><p>16.9 grams </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1678650[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>South Arabia, Qataban Kingdom, didrachm, &quot;k&quot; (South Arabian) on cheek, circa 350-300 BC.</p><p>7.08 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1678651[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Arabia Felix, Sabean drachm, 4th century BC.</p><p>NG ANS 1455 var.</p><p>4.61 grams </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1678652[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Northern Arabia, Lihyan Kingdom, AE owl, 2nd-1st centuries BC.</p><p>12.70 grams </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1678653[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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