Helmeted head of Athena to right; letter X (Arabian 'T', mark of value) on cheek // Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. 10mm, 0.96 grams. Huth-178/79; Cf. Zeno 314358.

ex-Album.

Imitating the Athenian owl coinage, showing their familiarity with the popular Mediterranean coinage.

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.