CNG 103, Lot: 955. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Noe (Eon). Circa 390. AV (16mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Crowned and draped bust right, holding scepter, between two grain ears; all within circular border / Draped bust right, wearing head-cloth, holding branch or fly-whisk, between two grain ears; all within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite 28.1; Munro-Hay type 59i; BMC Axum 291. Good VF, lightly toned, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny and Mosch 176 (10 March 2009), lot 1458.