★ Extremely Rare and Published in Vaccaro ★

Kingdom of Axum, Ousanas I AR Unit. Circa AD 325-345. OYCANAC BACIΛЄYC ("King Ousanas"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; crescent and pellet above / AξѠMITѠN BICI ΓICЄNE ("of the Aksumites, man of Gisene"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; crescent and pellet above. Hahn & Keck 17a.2 (this coin) = Vaccaro 13 (this coin); SACAM 68-9; H 13a (this coin cited); AC 26. 1.64g, 15mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of only six examples cited by Hahn & Keck, two of which are in the Ashmolean museum.

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);
This coin cited in W.R.O. Hahn, Die Münzprägung Des Axumitischen Reiches (Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonenses, 1983);
This coin published in F. Vaccaro, Le Monete di Aksum (Mantua: Italia Numismatica, 1967);
From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection;
Ex Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.