ANCIENT ETHIOPIA - AXUM
    The story from the scientists is that we all come from Ethiopia.  That is the same story the Rastafarians tell.  Ancient coins in Ethiopia start with the kingdom of Axum, flourished during the Roman and early Byzantine periods, faded out maybe the in the 8th century AD.  It traded around the Indian Ocean and up the Red Sea through Arabia into the Mediterranean.  People imagine that the Muslims cramped their trading style and they languished.  Maybe there was other bad luck too, climate, disease.

AXUM, Aphilas, c. 235-286 AD, 6mm gold, 0.2g, BMC-11, bust R / BASILEWS AFILAS, AU $950.00 sold
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AXUM, Aphilas, c. 235-286 AD, 13mm silver, 1.5g, Vac-7, bust R / bust R, F $320.00
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AXUM, Ezana & successors, c. 350-400 AD, 14mm silver, 1.2g, Vac-27, bust R in 3 circles / cross in circle, spot of gold in center, F $270.00
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AXUM, Wazebas, 4th c. AD, 17mm bronze, Vac-29, bust R between palms / bust R in circle, field filled with gold, F $300.00
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AXUM, Armah, c. 600 AD, 20mm bronze, MH-153, king enthroned R / cross, trace of gold in center, bit if crust, VG $135.00 sold 9/22/2009
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AXUM, Hataz, c. 570 AD, 16mm silver, 0.7g, Vac-69, BMC-516, bust facing / cross, spot of gold in center, slight bend, aF $275.00
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AXUM, Hataz, c. 570 AD, 14mm bronze, Vac-71, BMC-523v, bust facing / cross in diamond, aVF $275.00
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