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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2665903, member: 76194&quot;]I say we have a case of Greek culture influencing Axum coinage, down to the Greek legends and all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the style of the coins is certainly interesting and has an African flavor to it that I find appealing and fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]592420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Below you can see the style carried through to early Christian times...this coin being from around 450 CE</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]592421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, much more interesting are these silver ones. They almost look like medieval European coins, except these are around 700 years earlier than the similar European coinage. Definitely ahead of their times.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]592422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>* Sadly I own none of these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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