Catalog
Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
| Issuer | Aksum |
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| Year | 305-315 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Aphilas facing right, crowned and wearing a triangular ribbon projecting behind the head, with the right hand holding a staff or scepter. The effigy is flanked on each side by a upright grain stalk, emblematic of royal agricultural abundance. Above the bust, a pellet set upon a crescent divides the encircling Greek legend. The coin is bordered by a distinctive series of fish-hook-like ornaments suspended downward from a continuous outer circle, a characteristic decorative element of early Aksumite gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | AΦIΛAC BACIΛЄYC (Translation: Aphilas, King [...]) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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