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Auction 24121  9 Apr 2024
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Lot 294

Starting price: 50 GBP
Price realized: 250 GBP
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Kingdom of Axum, Armah (Alla Amidas) (c.540-60), billon & gilt Unit, 1.68g, crowned and draped bust to right, holding cross on staff, wheat stalk ending in cross to left, gold gilding on crown, Ge'ez legend "King Armah" around, rev. arch surmounted by cross with central gold inlay, flanked by two long crosses, symbol beneath arch with gold inlay in basal circle, Ge'ez legend "mercy and peace" around (H 71; AC 151), tiny nick on edge, good very fine and scarce; Ebana (c.460-80), bronze and gilt Unit, 1.09g, crowned and draped bust to right, Greek legend around, rev., Greek cross with gold inlay in central lozenge, Greek legend "may this please the country" (AC 76), small area of corrosion over cross, fine (2).

Estimate: £100 - £150
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