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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Aksumite Kingdom| > GB32239
Aksumite Kingdom (Axum), Ousanas, c. 350 - 400 A.D.
|Aksumite| |Kingdom|, |Aksumite| |Kingdom| |(Axum),| |Ousanas,| |c.| |350| |-| |400| |A.D.|, At its height, Aksum ruled most of present-day Eritrea, and parts of Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, and Sudan. After converting to Christianity, c. 330 B.C., the cross replaced the disk and crescent on coins. Due to climate change and trade isolation, Aksum began to decline in the 7th century when the last coins were issued. Aksum is now a country village in northern Ethiopia.
GB32239. Bronze unit, Munro-Hay 54, BMC Aksumite 245, F, some gilding, weight 1.502g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 345o, obverse + OVAZEBAC BACI LEYC, draped bust right in head-cloth, flanked by stalks of grain; reverse + TOV TO APECH TH XWPA (May This [the cross] Please the Country), small draped bust right in circle; the interior of the circle gilt; SOLD











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