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   753202.                                                     Sold For $395
   KINGS of AXUM (AKSUM). Gersem. Circa 600 AD. Æ 17mm (1.25 gm, 12h). "King
   Gersem" (in Ge'ez), crowned facing bust; two crosses in fields / +"He
   Conquers through Christ" (in Ge'ez), cross with pellet terminals in
   circle. Munro-Hay 149; BMC Aksum 560 var. (obverse legend); Anzani 279
   var. (same). Good VF, brown patina. Exceptional strike for a late Axumite
   coin.
   Munro-Hay notes that the reverse cross is never within a perfect circle,
   and suggests it may depict a rosary.



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