Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ15 - Ebana
| Issuer | Aksum |
|---|---|
| Year | 440-470 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Ebana facing right, wearing a stepped crown, with a cruciform sceptre held before him. A small cross is depicted in the upper field above the royal effigy. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic late Aksumite hammered style, with a dotted border encircling the flan. Ge'ez inscription surrounds the central design in the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Ge'ez (Ethiopic) |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Ebana ruled Aksum during the mid-fifth century, a period when the kingdom maintained active Red Sea trade networks connecting the Mediterranean world to India. The gold-plated bronze technique used for this issue — a thin gilded layer over a bronze core — was a deliberate Aksumite convention for lower-denomination coinage, distinguishing purchasing tiers within a sophisticated trimetallic system of gold, silver, and bronze that few contemporary African polities could match.