About this work
Ethiopian - One of Two Coins Depicting Ousanas and an Anonymous King - Walters 59794. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Axumite coins. The file description records: The Aksumite Kingdom began to issue coins about AD 270.
Original catalogue wording
Ethiopian - One of Two Coins Depicting Ousanas and an Anonymous King - Walters 59794. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Axumite coins. The file description records: The Aksumite Kingdom began to issue coins about AD 270. Silver and bronze coins were issued for local, everyday use, and generally followed the design of Roman coins with a bust portrait of the ruler in profile on one side. Aksumite coins were the first in the ancient world to carry the cross as a symbol of the ruler's devotion to the Christian religion. Photograph credited to Anonymous ( Ethiopia ) Unknown author.
Source classification: coin
- Date
- 4 th century
- Object type
- Coins & currency
- Recorded place
- Ethiopia
- Holding institution
- Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork