365, Lot: 399. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Ousanas I. Circa 300-330. AV (16mm, 1.78 g, 12h). Crowned and draped bust right, holding scepter, between two grain ears; pellet and crescent above / Draped bust right, wearing headcloth, holding branch or fly-whisk, between two grain ears joining at star; pellet and crescent above . Hahn, Aksumite 12b; Munro-Hay type 22; BMC Axum –. VF, holed, clipped.

The two punches are characteristic of gold coins circulating in India.