★ Published in Anzani, 1928/9 ★

Kingdom of Axum, Israel AV Unit. Circa AD 570-580. ⧾ BACIΛI ΛξѠHI ("king of [the] Aksum[tes]"), crowned and draped bust to right, flanked by wheat stalks, within circular border / ⧾ IC ⧾ PA ⧾ H ⧾ Λ ("Israel"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, flanked by wheat stalks, within circular border. Hahn & Keck 77.18 (this coin) = Anzani II (1928/9), 233, pl. H, 233 (this coin); SACAM 521 (same dies); H 46; AC 143; Vaccaro 50. 1.50g, 18mm, 4h.

Near Extremely Fine; some areas of flat strike. Rare.

This coin published in the online Phaidra database of the University of Vienna at: https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1190516;
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 published in A. Anzani, Numismatica e Storia d'Etiopia in Rivista Italiana di Numismatica (1928/9);
From the Maekelay-Tigray Collection, reported to have been privately purchased from the Francesco Vaccaro (1903-1990) Collection;
Ex African Museum Collection, Rome;
Found during the excavations of Adulis in 1907.