443, Lot: 669. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Armah. Circa 540-580. Æ (20mm, 1.44 g, 12h). Crowned half-length bust enthroned right, holding cross-tipped scepter; pellet to right of chin / Voided Greek cross connected to ring by stem; wheat stalks emerging from ring. Hahn, Aksumite 72a; Munro-Hay type 153; BMC Axum 587-8; SACAM 557-8. VF, earthen green patina.