1⁄16 Unit Arabia Felix

The Sabaean Kingdom controlled the frankincense and myrrh trade routes through southern Arabia for centuries, and coinage here served a different economy than the Mediterranean world — these fractional bronzes circulated alongside South Arabian silver units in a system rooted in commodity exchange rather than state taxation. The denomination itself, a sixteenth, reflects the careful subdivision typical of Sabaean monetary reckoning.

Zeno catalog reference 2238 places this among a thinly documented series. At 0.22 grams, losses to corrosion frequently compromise surviving examples.