bgr_1095594 - ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c.150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain (Timna)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; entourée de deux monogrammes.
Historical background
ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
"Happy Arabia" was strategically very important for controlling the spice and silk route to and from India and China. Trade with the Greek world was very important and ended on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, in Gaza. From the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Athenian coinage became the reference for exchanges.
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