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ARABIA FELIX - Under HIMYARITES - MDN BYN YNF" (Amdan Bayyin Yanaf)
Silver 1/2 Denarius, skyphate  (14.5mm, 1.33 grams) Raidan,  (RYDN),  80-100 A.D.
Reference: Mitch 370cf.
Laureate male head right within serpent crescent.
Small head right; monogram and ‘scepter’ in fields, mint signature below.


Arabia Felix - The Himyarite confederacy, which dominated Yemen from the 2nd  Century B.C., was never brought under Roman control. However, because of the  importance of the trade routes to India, friendly diplomatic relations were  normally maintained. The Himyarite silver coinage, based on Athenian types,  which hand been in issue for about a century continued in the time of Augustus  with only minor modifications. Later, new types were introduced and the names of  various rulers appear in a series which may extend down to the mid-2nd Century  A.D.