Details
LOT 2899
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
[...]CI-ΛC∀C ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; within double circle border / TOYTOΛCCΕΙΙTHΧ[...] ("may this please the country"), small cross within circle. Cf. SACAM 151-89; AC 51. Near Very Fine(0.97gr, 14mm, 4h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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