Triens - Wazeba and Ousanas

Descrizione del dritto	Draped bust of King Wazeba facing right, wearing a headcloth; the effigy is rendered in the characteristic Aksumite style with a disc on crescent symbol positioned above the portrait in the field. The royal legend in Ge'ez script appears around the bust, identifying the ruler. The overall style reflects the transitional Aksumite coinage tradition blending indigenous and Hellenistic artistic influences.
Scrittura del dritto	Ge'ez
Legenda del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Descrizione del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Scrittura del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Bordo	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Zecca	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Tiratura	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Informazioni aggiuntive	Wazeba and Ousanas were co-rulers of Aksum in the early fourth century, and coins bearing both names represent one of the more unusual administrative arrangements in Aksumite numismatics — dual-name issues are rare in the series and their precise political relationship remains debated. This piece predates the Christianization of the kingdom under Ezana by roughly a decade, placing it in the final generation of Aksumite coinage struck without the cross. The triens denomination in silver is an uncommon survival. Most Aksumite silver of this period circulated heavily in Red Sea trade networks and survives in correspondingly worn states.