CNG 100, Lot: 328. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Nezana / Nezool. Circa 470-490. AV (17mm, 1.58 g, 12h). Crowned and draped bust right, holding scepter, between two grain ears; large cross stemming from head / Draped bust right, holding branch or fly-whisk, between two grain ears; large cross stemming from head. Hahn, Aksumite 38d; Hahn, “Die Münzprägung des Axumitischen Reiches,” Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonenses 2 (1983), pl. 14, 38d = Hahn, “The numismatic evidence for the reconstruction of the Aksumite royal line,” ANSMN 29 (1984), pl. 30, 38d = Vaccaro 49 = Munro-Hay type 82/17 (this coin); BMC Axum 401. VF, toned, deposits, minor obverse die flaws.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesman Collection (Spink 1239, 13 July 2000), lot 933; Sternberg VIII (16 November 1978), lot 367; Francesco Vaccaro Collection.