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Quinarius - Shamnar Yuhan'im Raidan
| Issuer | Himyarite Kingdom |
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| Year | 125-135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized male bust rendered in the schematic South Arabian artistic tradition, facing right, depicted with broad shoulders and a striated or draped garment. The design is executed in low relief with angular, highly conventionalized features characteristic of Himyarite coinage. The entire motif is enclosed within a prominent beaded border running around the full circumference of the concave flan. |
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| Reverse description | Male royal bust facing right at center, adorned with an elaborate diadem or beaded crown and a distinctive striated hairstyle rendered in radiating lines with a long beaded sidelock descending before the face. To the right of the bust stands a tall Himyarite monogram or royal symbol, likely a caduceus-like emblem. An inscription in Ancient South Arabian script surrounds the bust in the field and along the lower margin of the coin, identifying the issuing ruler Shamnar Yuhan'im of Raidan. The design is enclosed within a beaded border on the concave flan. |
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The Himyarite kingdom of southern Arabia developed a coinage tradition that borrowed heavily from South Arabian predecessors while gradually asserting its own dynastic identity. Shamnar Yuhan'im was among the rulers who consolidated Himyarite dominance over rival tribes in the Yemeni highlands during the early second century, a period of active competition with the Sabaean kingdom before Himyar's eventual absorption of it.
The high silver fineness is characteristic of Himyarite issues before monetary debasement accelerated later in the dynasty's history.