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   253359.                                                     Sold For $350
   KINGS of AXUM. "AGD". Circa 525-550 AD. AR 16mm (1.49 gm). "AGD King of
   Axum" (in Ge'ez), crowned facing bust; gilt crown / "The king who Exalts
   the Savior" (in Ge'ez), cross under arch; gilt center. Munro-Hay 126; BMC
   Aksum 444. VF. The entire surface of the coin appears to have been
   silver-enriched.
   Our knowledge of the later Axumite kingdom is fragmentary; we know little
   about the absolute chronology of the period, and even the names of the
   kings are subject to debate. We know king AGD (or ADG) only from his
   coins- the name is sometimes read as Adegu.



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