Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette; letter on cheek, ('t' in South Arabian) // AΘE Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; ŠHR HLL above, 'Mukarrib'-monogram below. 9.5mm, 0.62 grams. Huth 253; cf. Zeno #229681.

ex-Album.

Very rare. The edge was broken and repaired, stable, fairly attractive.

The Sabaeans or Sabeans were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke Sabaic, one of the Old South Arabian languages. They founded the kingdom of Sabaʾ in modern-day Yemen, which is considered to be the biblical land of Sheba and the oldest and most important of the South Arabian kingdoms.