69. Kingdom of Axum, Armah (Alla Amidas) Gold-Inlaid Æ Unit. Circa AD 540-550. Crowned and draped figure of King enthroned to right, holding long cross; Ge’ez legend “King Armah” around / Cross within wreath; Ge’ez legend “let there be joy to the peoples” around. Hahn & Keck 72; SACAM 548-92; H 72a; AC 153; Vaccaro 68. 2.88g, 22mm, 6h. Good Fine; well-preserved rev. cross gold inlay.
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From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.
70. Kingdom of Axum, Armah (Alla Amidas) Gold-Inlaid Æ Unit. Circa AD 540-550. Crowned and draped figure of King enthroned to right, holding long cross; cross behind, Ge’ez legend “King Armah” around / Cross within wreath; Ge’ez legend “let there be joy to the peoples” around. Hahn & Keck 72; SACAM 569; H 72a; AC 153; Vaccaro 68. 2.24g, 22mm, 12h. Near Very Fine; rev. cross inlaid with gold.
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From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.
One of the Finest Known
71. Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) Gilt AR Unit. Circa AD 550-570. Crowned and draped bust facing; Ge’ez legend “King Wazena” around, cross above / Cross within arch; Ge’ez legend “the king who exalts the Saviour” around. Hahn & Keck 74.6 (this coin); SACAM 386-7; H 67; AC 117; Vaccaro 62; Roma e69, 567 (hammer: £2,200). 0.96g, 16mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; minor obv. scrape, obv. crown and rev. cross inlaid with gold. Very Rare; one of only ten examples cited by Hahn & Keck, and among the finest known. 300 This coin cited in W.R.O Hahn and R. Keck, Münzgeschichte der AksumitenKönige in der Spätantike, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien Vol. 21 (2020); From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.
72. Kingdom of Axum, “AGD” (Ella Gabaz) Gilt AR Unit. Circa AD 550-570. Crowned and draped bust facing; Ge’ez “AGD” monogram to left, Ge’ez legend “King of Aksum” around / Cross within arch; Ge’ez legend “the king who exalts the Saviour” around. Hahn & Keck 75.30 (this coin); SACAM 419-22; H 69; AC 126-126ii; Vaccaro 61. 1.24g, 16mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine; obv. crown and rev. cross inlaid with gold. Very Rare.
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This coin cited in W.R.O Hahn and R. Keck, Münzgeschichte der AksumitenKönige in der Spätantike, Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte der Universität Wien Vol. 21 (2020); From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.
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