Helmeted head of Athena to r., uncertain letter on cheek// Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; additional mint name HRM to the right of the owl. 11mm, 1.05 grams. Cf. Zeno 114238.

ex-Album.

Better than the scan. Imitating the Athenian owl coinage, showing their familiarity with the popular Mediterranean coinage. For a coin of similar type see Zeno #114238, sold at Heritage Auctions in 2012 for 717$.

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.