Greek Coins Arabia Felix 1 avant J.-C. Rare YANAF Roman head "owl" AR 1/8 unit, c.100-1 BC, Sabaeans, Arabia

Roman style laureate head right within a wreath // Owl standing LEFT, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; YANAF monogram right, other crude letters in fields. 9mm, 0.12 grams. Huth 301.

ex-Album.

Very rare tiny coin, possibly a 1/16th of a unit. Very rare, especially this nice.

The Sabaeans or Sabeans were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke Sabaic, one of the Old South Arabian languages. They founded the kingdom of Sabaʾ in modern-day Yemen, which is considered to be the biblical land of Sheba and the oldest and most important of the South Arabian kingdoms.

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