Lot 948
948
Bronze, 2.15g., draped full-length figure seated right on chair, holding cross-tipped staff with pellet to left, Ge'ez legend 'king Armah', rev. voided cross, the centre inlaid with gold, on stem ending in a ring, flanked by two stalks of wheat, Ge'ez legend 'let there be joy to the people' (AC type 153; BMC 573; H 72a), very fine
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Bronze, 2.15g., draped full-length figure seated right on chair, holding cross-tipped staff with pellet to left, Ge'ez legend 'king Armah', rev. voided cross, the centre inlaid with gold, on stem ending in a ring, flanked by two stalks of wheat, Ge'ez legend 'let there be joy to the people' (AC type 153; BMC 573; H 72a), very fine

Details
Bronze, 2.15g., draped full-length figure seated right on chair, holding cross-tipped staff with pellet to left, Ge'ez legend 'king Armah', rev. voided cross, the centre inlaid with gold, on stem ending in a ring, flanked by two stalks of wheat, Ge'ez legend 'let there be joy to the people' (AC type 153; BMC 573; H 72a), very fine
Provenance
F Sternberg auction XVIII, 20 November 1986, lot 274
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.