CNG 99, Lot: 909. Estimate $500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Ousanas I. Circa 300-330. Gilt AR (13mm, 0.77 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing head-cloth; pellet-in-crescent above / Draped bust right, wearing head-cloth, within circular border; pellet-in-crescent above. Hahn, Aksumite 14; Munro-Hay type 28; BMC Axum 29-39. Choice EF, toned.

From the Joan Wilde Collection, purchased from CNG in 2002.