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Two Putative Coin Hoards from South Arabia
Author(s) -
ODDY ANDREW
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1998.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - hoard , archaeology , ancient history , art , character (mathematics) , geology , geography , history , mathematics , geometry
Bonham's sale catalogue no. 26247 (1) listed: ‘A South Arabian striated alabaster stubby Pyxis, with lid and pierced lug side handles, and a five‐character inscription incised below the thick neck on both sides, lst‐3rd Centuries A.D., overall height 4in. (10cm.) ’. Inside the pyxis, but not mentioned in the catalogue, was a polythene bag containing a small‘hoard’of coins and some metal casting waste. The hoard and pyxis are illustrated in Fig. 1.