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| Issuer | Aksumite Kingdom |
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| Year | 470-500 |
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| Reference(s) | MHAC#82, SACAM#322.6, Hahn Ak#38d |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΘEOVЄ VXΛPICTIΛ (Translation: Thanks be to God) |
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| Additional information |
Nezool remains one of the more obscure Aksumite rulers — no Greek inscription names him on his coinage, only a Ge'ez legend, placing him firmly within the post-Hellenized phase of Aksumite minting when the kingdom had largely abandoned Greek as a prestige language on its currency. That shift itself marks a significant administrative and cultural turn from earlier rulers who maintained bilingual issues. His reign's dates are inferred almost entirely from the coins themselves, cross-referenced against stratigraphic finds at Aksum and comparative die studies.