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Auction: 11008 - Ancient, British & Foreign Coins & Com Medals
Lot: 945

Ousanas (c.320 ) AV, 2.24g, crowned and draped bust right, holding spear, between wheat stalks, disc and crescent at top, oycanac bacieyc ´King Ousanas´, rev. draped bust right , wearing headcloth, holding fly whisk, between wheat stalks, disc and crescent at top, star below, awmitwn bici icene ´of the Aksumites, man of Gisene´ (AC 22; H 12b), extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 provenance A recently fount coin from Aksum Only six examples of this type with the star were previously known, all from the same dies as this coin: - the two recorded in AC, one pierced, both now in Ethiopia - three in the Mangalore, India hoard, all doubly pierced (Hahn, W.R.O., 1998. Spätantikes Handelsgold in Südindien, Money Trend 30, November 1998, pp.52-7)

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