160, Lot: 361. Estimate $500. Sold for $335. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
AXUM. Ebana. Circa AD 450-500. AV 17mm (1.56 g, 11h). +CIN+C
LX+
LC
L+C
LC (final three Cs retrograde), crowned and draped bust right, holding branch, framed by grain ears / +
LN
L+C
LC (C retrograde)+
L+C
L]+CCB (CCB retrograde;
Ebana, King), draped bust right, wearing headcloth, holding branch, framed by two grain ears. Munro-Hay Type 71; BMC Aksum 304. VF, small lamination on obverse, struck with slighty rusty dies. Attractive, well-centered strike.