Arabia, Himyarite Kingdom. 'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ (AD 100-120). Fraction (No reserve price)

Arabia, Himyarite Kingdom.
'Amdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ (AD 100-120).
Fraction (Silver, 8 mm, 0.36 g).
Minted in Raydan, associated with Ẓafār, the Himyarite royal centre.

Obv: Male head to right with hair in long ringlets; to left, monogram, interrupting beaded border ending in arrowhead.
Rev: In southern Arabian script: 𐩧𐩺𐩵𐩬 (""RYDN"", Raydan), 𐩲𐩣𐩵𐩬𐩨𐩺𐩬 (""ʿMDN BYN"", ʿAmdān Bayān).
Male head to right with hair in long ringlets; before, 'scepter'.

Reference: CAF 3.4iii. Huth 444.

The Himyarite Kingdom emerged in southern Arabia, in present-day Yemen, with its political center at Ẓafār. Under ʿAmdān Bayān Yahaqbiḍ (c. AD 100–120), Himyar benefited from trade routes linking Arabia with the Red Sea and Indian Ocean worlds. Its coinage combined South Arabian inscriptions with broader Mediterranean influences, reflecting the kingdom’s growing prominence among the states of ancient Yemen.

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