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Auction: 5014 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 354

Mhdys (early 5th century A.D.) AE, 0.84g., draped bust right , wearing headcloth with rounded ribbon behind, between wheat stalks, cross at top, Ge´ez legend mHdys: ngs ´ksm "MHDYS king of Aksum", rev. Greek cross, centre inlaid with gold, in circle, Ge´ez legend +bz: +mw´: bmsql, "by this victorious, by the cross" (AC 70; H 30), dark green patina, very fine, scarce with word separators Estimate £ 50-60On word separators see West, V., Ge´ez Punctuation Marks on Aksumite Coins, Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 166, Winter 2001, pp.4-5.

Sold for
£90