A COLLECTION OF AKSUMITE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR, Aphilas (c. AD 300), Gold, draped bust right, wearing head-cloth, disc and crescent at right, rev AΦI/ΛAC/BACI/ΛEY ('King Aphilas') in four lines, 0.31g, 12h (AC 8; H 6). Good very fine.
purchased from Spink, June 2003
Estimate: £200-250