AXUM. Ella Gabaz (Wazen). 550s-560s. Æ (15mm, 0.54 g, 3h).

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Lot: 515. Estimated: $ 100

Early Medieval & Islamic, Bronze

Sold For $ 120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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AXUM. Ella Gabaz (Wazen). 550s-560s. Æ (15mm, 0.54 g, 3h). Draped bust right, wearing head-cloth, holding grain ear / Cross crosslet. Hahn, Aksumite 70.2; Munro-Hay type 121; BMC Axum 433; cf. SACAM 388-410 (for type). Brown surfaces, roughness, struck on ragged flan. Near VF. Good preservation of gold inlay on reverse.

Ex Album 39 (21 January 2021), lot 2063.


Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 12:51:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.