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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 7561811, member: 82322&quot;]You may remember there is an Emergency Restriction on importing coins from Yemen.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/07/2020-02553/emergency-import-restrictions-imposed-on-archaeological-and-ethnological-material-from-yemen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/07/2020-02553/emergency-import-restrictions-imposed-on-archaeological-and-ethnological-material-from-yemen" rel="nofollow">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/07/2020-02553/emergency-import-restrictions-imposed-on-archaeological-and-ethnological-material-from-yemen</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The restriction includes &quot;v. Qatabians produced imitations of Athenian coins also in 2nd-4th century B.C., with or without monograms; distinctive style. From the 2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D., head of Athena is replaced with male ruler portraits, including those of Yad&#039;ab Dhubyan Yuhargib, Dhub, Hawfi`Amm Yuhan`am III, Shahr Yagul, Waraw&#039;il Ghaylan, Shahr Hilal, Yad`ab Yanaf, and various unknown rulers. Reverses of early types have the owl, while later types have a second portrait on the reverse. Approximate date: 400 B.C.-A.D. 200.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Customs will use M. Huth&#039;s book <i>Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms: Ancient Arabian Coins from the Collection of Martin Huth,</i> New York, 2010, pp. 68-152.</p><p><br /></p><p>See <a href="https://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2020/02/us-state-department-approves-mou-with.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2020/02/us-state-department-approves-mou-with.html" rel="nofollow">https://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2020/02/us-state-department-approves-mou-with.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if evidence of the coins being outside Yemen before February 2020 is enough to import.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you a member of the Ancient Coin Collector&#039;s Guild?&nbsp; I would contact them, they are always on top of this.&nbsp; <a href="https://accguild.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://accguild.org/" rel="nofollow">https://accguild.org/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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