Lot 923
923
Gold, 1.96g., draped, half-length bust right, wearing crown and holding sceptre, flanked by two stalks of wheat, all within beaded circle, HZA- NAC- BACI- YC punctuated by four crosses, rev. as obverse but wearing headcloth and holding branch, AW- MITWN- BICI- AAENE, 'of the Aksumites, man of Alene', divided by four crosses (AC type 47; BMC 74 [but 75 on plate]; H 21), light double-striking on obverse, small die flaw at tip of sceptre, good very fine, rare
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Gold, 1.96g., draped, half-length bust right, wearing crown and holding sceptre, flanked by two stalks of wheat, all within beaded circle, HZA- NAC- BACI- YC punctuated by four crosses, rev. as obverse but wearing headcloth and holding branch, AW- MITWN- BICI- AAENE, 'of the Aksumites, man of Alene', divided by four crosses (AC type 47; BMC 74 [but 75 on plate]; H 21), light double-striking on obverse, small die flaw at tip of sceptre, good very fine, rare

Details
Gold, 1.96g., draped, half-length bust right, wearing crown and holding sceptre, flanked by two stalks of wheat, all within beaded circle, HZA- NAC- BACI- YC punctuated by four crosses, rev. as obverse but wearing headcloth and holding branch, AW- MITWN- BICI- AAENE, 'of the Aksumites, man of Alene', divided by four crosses (AC type 47; BMC 74 [but 75 on plate]; H 21), light double-striking on obverse, small die flaw at tip of sceptre, good very fine, rare
Provenance
Vaccaro collection, 23
F Sternberg auction XVIII, 20 November 1986, lot 226
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