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ARABIA - QATABAN - A UNIQUE COIN ...
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ARABIA - QATABAN - A UNIQUE COIN STRUCK IN ARABIA OVER 2000 YEARS AGO. Yad'ab Dhubyan Yuhargib, vers 155-135 avant J.-C. Tétradrachme non ... Weiter
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ARABIA - QATABAN - A UNIQUE COIN STRUCK IN ARABIA OVER 2000 YEARS AGO. Yad'ab Dhubyan Yuhargib, vers 155-135 avant J.-C. Tétradrachme non daté. Tête nue aux cheveux crépus à droite / Tête barbue à droite. 16,25g. Huth & van Alfen - ; Huth Collection - (cf. 358-359 (hémidrachmes)).
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An unrecorded pre-Islamic coin, of the greatest rarity and historical significance. In their study “Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms” (ANS – Numismatic Studies 25, 2010), Huth and van Alfen recorded only small silver coins (hemidrachms) weighing less than 2 grams. This large silver tetradrachm of 16,25 grams gives evidence of the existence of an important trade on Arabian soil, more than 2000 years ago. Moreover, the design of this coin is original and very far from the crude imitative coins modeled after the Athenian owls struck previously in Arabia. The issue of such a large and elegant coin would have been only possible in a centralized and highly organized state with an original and strong cultural identity.
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