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Denarius
| Issuer | Sabaean Kingdom |
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| Year | 100-300 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Ancient South Arabian |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Sabaean Kingdom, centered in what is now Yemen, struck these small silver pieces during a period when South Arabian monetary systems were heavily influenced by Athenian owl tetradrachms — imitated across the region for centuries before local traditions fully asserted themselves. The use of the Roman term "denarius" in cataloging is a numismatist's convenience; these were never part of Rome's monetary system.
Huth 302-303 places this type within a sequence tied to the kingdom's control of the frankincense trade routes, where coined silver functioned as much in long-distance commercial settlement as in local exchange.