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Chrysos - Ezanas crescent
| Issuer | Kingdom of Aksum |
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| Year | 345-360 |
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| Value | Chrysos (1) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Bust of King Ezanas facing right, wearing a headcloth and holding a branch in the right hand, flanked on either side by vertically oriented curved ears of barley. A pellet-in-crescent device appears at the top of the field, mirroring the obverse motif. The surrounding Greek legend designates the king's Aksumite dominion. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑξΩΜΙΤΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Translation: King of the Aksumites) |
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