Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) Gold-Inlaid Æ Unit. Circa AD 550-570. Draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding wheat stalk; two pellets in lower right field, Ge'ez legend "may this please the peoples" around / Cross crosslet crossed by oblique cross; Ge'ez legend "of Wazena, of the King" around. Hahn & Keck 76; SACAM 388-410; H 70; AC 118-123; Vaccaro 63. 1.91g, 17mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine; cleaning marks, rev. cross inlaid with gold.

From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection.