Watch List notes:

Africa. Etiopia, Aksum. Hataz (c. 570-600 AD). AE 18 mm. D/ Draped bust facing, wearing cross on crown; flanked by two stalks of grain, from the base of which springs two cross-topped stems. R/ "Hataz King of Aksum " (in Ge'ez), Greek cross in octagonal scalloped frame. Munro-Hay Type 140; BMC Aksum 522; Hahn, Aksumite 66. AE. g. 1.55 mm. 18.00 Nice portrait. Rare in this state of preservation. Good VF.