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Silver Unit - Aphilas

Issuer Aksumite Kingdom
Year 305-315
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Thickness 2.50 mm
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Obverse script Greek
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Edge Plain
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Aphilas ruled Aksum in the early fourth century and is notable for being among the first Aksumite kings to strike silver coinage — a monetary ambition that proved short-lived, as the dynasty's silver issues largely gave way to gold and bronze within a generation. His coins are known in extraordinarily small numbers, and the references cite only a handful of confirmed specimens across collections worldwide.

The MHAC and Hahn concordance numbers reflect decades of effort by scholars to reconcile overlapping attributions for early Aksumite issues, where die links and fabric variations have repeatedly forced reclassification.