★ Published in Vaccaro, 1967 ★

Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AV Unit. Time of Nezana/Nezool, circa AD 480-500. ⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛX ⧾ CNI (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?), crowned and draped bust to right, holding stick, flanked by wheat stalks / ⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛC ⧾ CVN (as obverse), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding fly whisk, flanked by wheat stalks. Hahn & Keck 48.1 (this coin) = Vaccaro 36 (this coin); SACAM 239; H 39 (this coin cited); AC 63 (this coin cited). 1.62g, 17mm, 11h.

Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of six examples cited by Hahn & Keck.

This coin published in the online Phaidra database of the University of Vienna at: https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1190114;
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.