CNG 100, Lot: 319. Estimate $750. Sold for $4650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Ousanas I. Circa 300-330. AV (18mm, 1.74 g, 12h). Crowned and draped bust right, holding scepter, between two grain ears; pellets and crescent above / Draped bust right, holding branch or fly-whisk, between two grain ears; pellets and crescent above. Hahn, Aksumite 12a.1; Munro-Hay type 21; BMC Axum 26 var. (obv. legend, single pellet above each crescent). EF. Fine style. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Andre de Clermont, October 1998.