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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4937073
Area
Coins
Title
Aksum 1/3 solidus 330-360
Country
Face value
Year
330
Variety / overstrike
Era
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
2
Diameter
17
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM#
Catalogue number
Details
Located directly south of Egypt in modern Ethiopia, Axum became the first Christian kingdom in Africa when King Ezanas converted around 356 CE.