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Details
LOT 3262
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Draped bust to right, wearing head-cloth / ΤΟΥΤΟ APECH TH XWPA, cross within linear border. Cf. Hahn & West 146; cf. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 39. Near Very Fine.(0.65gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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