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Small Gold Unit - 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ Raydan
| Issuer | Himyarite Kingdom (Southern Arabia) |
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| Year | 100-120 |
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| Diameter | 8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Ancient South Arabian |
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| Reverse description | Small royal head facing right, rendered in low relief with a roughly detailed face and radiating hair or headdress elements visible above. A vertical sceptre-like symbol appears to the left of the head, a hallmark device on Himyarite fractional gold coinage. Below the bust, a short inscription in Ancient South Arabian script identifies the issuing ruler. The concave flan surface and irregular flan edge are consistent with hand-hammered scyphate manufacture typical of late Himyarite gold fractions. |
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| Mintage | ND (100-120) - - ND (100-120) - Reversed monogram type - |
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