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ARABIA FELIX - Under HIMYARITES
Silver light 'Denarius' (17mm, 2.34 grams)  Late 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st Century A.D.
Reference: Mitch 369 cf.
Beardless male head right, hair bound with fillet and hanging in ringlets; on  left, ribbon-like sign; on right, symbol resembling standard; above pellet with  crescent.
Bucranium, with antelope's horns and plumes; in field to left; monogra; to  right, ribbon-like sign of voided form; all within circular border composed of  alternate bellets and double veritcal lines, interruped above by pellet with  crescent.

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.
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