Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4937071
Area
Coins
Title
Aksum 600-630
Country
Face value
Year
600
Variety / overstrike
Era
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
0.84
Diameter
22
Thickness
Punch
Obverse
King Armah (in Ge'ez)
Reverse
Mercy & Peace (in Ge'ez)
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM#
Catalogue number
Details
Located directly south of Egypt in modern Ethiopia, Axum became the first Christian kingdom in Africa when King Ezanas converted around 356 CE.