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Ebana3. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Axumite coins. The file description records: Axum . Ebana. Circa 440-470. AV 18mm (1.60 g, 12h).
Original catalogue wording
Ebana3. Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Axumite coins. The file description records: Axum . Ebana. Circa 440-470. AV 18mm (1.60 g, 12h). Crowned bust right, holding whisk; grain ears flanking Draped bust right, wearing headcloth, holding whisk; grain ears flanking. Munro-Hay type 71; BMC Axum 304. VF, weak strike. The coins of Ebana are by far the commonest of Aksumite gold types and have been found mostly on the Arabian Peninsula. Despite Ebana’a great resources, little else is known of him apart fr Photograph credited to CNG.
Source classification: coin
- Date
- Not recorded in the catalogue
- Object type
- Coins & currency
- Recorded place
- Ethiopia
- Holding institution
- CNG