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AR Quinarius - Anonymous
| Issuer | Himyarite Kingdom (Southern Arabia) |
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| Year | 110 BC - 50 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Huth#394-96 |
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| Reverse script | Ancient South Arabian |
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| Mintage | ND (110 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Himyarite kingdom produced silver fractions closely imitating Athenian "owl" coinage at a period when South Arabian trade networks were funneling incense, myrrh, and spices northward into Hellenistic markets. The imitative coinage wasn't ignorance of local tradition — Himyar had its own monetary conventions — but a deliberate commercial decision to circulate currency recognizable to Greek-speaking merchants controlling the northern end of the trade routes.
Huth 394–96 covers a tight cluster of die variants within this anonymous series, distinguished primarily by the progressive degradation of the Athenian prototype into increasingly schematic forms.