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LOT 3263
Kingdom of Axum, Ouzebas AE Unit. Late 4th-early 5th century AD.
⧾ •VΛZHⵎΛⵎ ⵎΛⵎIΛⵎVⵎ ('King Ouzebas'), draped bust of Ouzebas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley / ⧾ Τ•VΤ• ΛΡⵎⵎΗ TH XШΡΛ ('may this please the country'), draped bust of Ouzebas (or Ezanas?) to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring, within shallow round incuse inlaid in gold within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 26a; Munro-Hay, AC, 54. Near Very Fine.(2.06gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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