CNG 99, Lot: 907. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Aphilas. Circa 300-320. AV (8mm, 0.30 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing head-cloth; pellet-in-crescent before / AΦI/ΛAC BACI/ΛEY in four lines. Hahn, Aksumite 6; Munro-Hay type 8; BMC Axum 10-11. Choice EF, minor earthen deposits. Lustrous.

From the Joan Wilde Collection.