About this work
Ezana gold coin with cross, 340-400 ca. British Museum. 1921,0316.1. Obverse: Half-length bust of Ezanas right, crowned, holding stick or sceptre, flanked by two wheat-stalks, the whole in a beaded circle.
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Original catalogue wording
Ezana gold coin with cross, 340-400 ca. British Museum. 1921,0316.1. Obverse: Half-length bust of Ezanas right, crowned, holding stick or sceptre, flanked by two wheat-stalks, the whole in a beaded circle. Inscription : Greek , ; obverse "King Ezanas", comment : crosses at top, bottom and both sides ; reverse : "Of the Aksumites man of Alene". comment : crosses at top, bottom and both sides.
Source classification: coin
- Date
- ca. 340–400 (as stated in the image description)
- Original catalogue date
- Not recorded in the catalogue
- Object type
- Coins & currency
- Recorded place
- Ethiopia
- Holding institution
- The British Museum