AV 1/3 Aureus ND 18mm./1.74g.

My third Axumite coin. King Ousanas I 300-330AD unknown mint

 

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Ooohhh @Ancientnoob is gonna love this! I like it too of course

 

Small and exquisite. Cool!

 

Cool coin. It must be very thin if it's 18mm and 1.74g.

 

Love the portraits! Great coin.

 

Holy Wheat Stalks!! That coin is older, rarer, nicer condition and more pagan than mine. I'm gonna look that up in the MH. Thats bananas!!!

Africa, Ethiopia
Kingdom of Axum
AV Unit ( AD 440-470)
17 mm x 1.63 grams
Obverse: Crowned and draped bust right with ribbon behind, holding stick, between wheat stalks, within beaded circle. Ge'ez legend - +nic+cËc+cËx+ËcË (interpretation uncertain - possibly King of the Habashites)
Reverse: Draped bust right, wearing head cloth (doo rag) with ribbon behind, holding fly whisk, between wheat stalks, within beaded circle. +ccb+ËnË+baz+aza (King Ebana)
Ref: MH-71

 

Thats Bananas.

 

Great coin : never seen that type before

Q

 

panzer-dawg => curious? ... are these all "new" purchases, or are you pacing yourself and merely posting your entire collection? (fantastic stuff, either way)

Oh => congrats on another golden winner!!

 

Thanks for great comments, Axumite coins are really neat...one of my favorites. Some are recent auction purchases/ most are from collection that I built up over 25 years. There are 640+ AV coins and counting...lots of variety. Now, started into AR Denarius too. Off the 640/ 300 are from 650BC-1400AD)
John
Another hot/muggy day today/ going to be "nukeing" weeds today, with KILLLEX....love that part of my work! Cannot stand dandelions/weeds in lawns.

 

Cool and sweet example

 

WOW !!! That is a fantastic and utterly mesmerizing coin no matter what area of collecting one focuses on....

Something tells me I'd have to go after its silver 'clone' LOL

 

That's a fantastic coin, one of my favorites of all the coins you've posted!

Suggestion: instead of thread titles stating the coin's metal, weight, and size, tell us who issued the coin. "Auxmite 1/3 AV stater of King Ousanas", or something like that. When your posts are titled with just metal and weight, trying to find the thread again at a later date is difficult. (Same comment applies to your Macrinus denarius post, https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ar-denarius-rome-mint-19-5mm-3-15g.279258/)

In the post itself, full descriptions are also helpful. Even better would be a bit of information about the coin or history of that time, and/or why you were moved to acquire that particular coin

 

Wow thats a beautiful coin, Pan. Congrats.

Yours is great too, AN. I remember when it was new.

 

Great Aureus @panzerman !
I thought you said you had no Aureus... Oh, wait... You meant no Roman Republic Aurei...

 

Thanks again, I will try to improve my descriptions...always learning. Actually, I have seven Imperial Aurei/ no Republican ones. I am working hard to get more, I really love them.

 

I would love an RR Aureus...

 

Dang!

 

That's the nicest I've seen from there. I didn't think they came this nice.

 

Yes indeed, its really hard to get good quality Axumite coinage, esp. the late Rulers like Joel/Israel etc. On the otherhand, FDC Roman Imperial Aurei are much easier to come by....but at great costs 30K and up.