150, Lot: 292. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AXUM. Nezool. Circa 450. AV Third Solidus (18mm, 1.61 g). Crowned and draped bust right, holding branch, framed by grain ears; cross rises from top of crown, crescent behind / Draped bust right, wearing headcloth, holding branch, framed by two grain ears; cross rises from top of head. Munro-Hay Type 82 var (no crescent); cf. BMC Aksum 401. VF, struck from worn dies.