Coins from Aksum

The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge’ez: መንግሥተ አኵስም) was located in what is now northern Ethiopia, and spanned across modern-day Eritrea, eastern Sudan, Yemen, and southern Saudi Arabia. Emerging from the 1st century it started to decline by the 7th century until it disappeared in the mid-10th century. At its peak, the kingdom was considered one of the ancient world's four great powers alongside Persia, Rome, and China. Kings of Aksum started to mint coins (gold, silver and bronze) by the end of the 3rd century until the end of the 7th century, making it the first sub-Saharan African state to mint its own coinage and the last one to issue coins until the 10th century. Although no exact relationship is known between both systems nor between the aksumite coins within its own system, it is currently thought that the Aksumite currency system was based on a barley grain weight standard and somewhat closely related to Roman coinage system. Despite its position as one of the foremost and wealthiest empires of late antiquity, the Kingdom of Aksum is still relatively unknown and most of its history is still to be discovered; most of current knowledge being derived from unearthed coinage.
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½ Siliqua - Ioel
(590-615)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 0.85 g • ⌀ 12 mm
MHAC# 129, N# 70730
Siliqua - Ousanas
(315-325)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2 g
MHAC# 26, BMC Aksum# 27, BMC Aksum# 28, N# 311643
⅛ Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.950) • 0.33 g • ⌀ 7.00 mm
MHAC# 8, Hahn Ak# 6, BMC Aksum# 10-11, SACAM# 27-32, HCR# 54120-54122; 54697-54699, N# 311418
¼ Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.950) • 0.66 g • ⌀ 10.00 mm
MHAC# 7, Hahn Ak# P5, SACAM# 26, HCR# 54119, N# 312834
Triens - Wazeba
(320)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.72 g
MHAC# 17-18, BMC Aksum# 21-24, N# 311552
Triens - Wazeba and Ousanas
(320)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.78 g
MHAC# 19, BMC Aksum# 25, N# 311554
Tremissis - Noe
(400-425)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.59 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 59-62, BMC Aksum# 290-291, SACAM# 222-233, Hahn Ak# 28, N# 303553
Tremissis - Ebana
(440-470)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.51 g
MHAC# 73, N# 238597
Tremissis - Nezool
(470-500)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.60 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 82, SACAM# 322.6, Hahn Ak# 38d, N# 200698
Tremissis - Kaleb
(515-535)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.6 g • ⌀ 17 mm
MHAC# 102, BMC Aksum# 408, N# 95564
½ Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.900) • 1.41 g • ⌀ 12.00 mm
MHAC# 6, Hahn Ak# 5, SACAM# 25, HCR# 54118, N# 312760
½ AR Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.800) plated silver (.650) • 0.98 g • ⌀ 13.00 mm
MHAC# 10, Hahn Ak# 8, BMC Aksum# 12-19, SACAM# 35-40, HCR# 54125-54130, N# 311419
Semissis - Ousanas
(315-325)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 2.56 g
MHAC# 20-24, BMC Aksum# 26, N# 311642
Semissis - Wazeba
(320)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.940) • 1.81 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 15, N# 312837
Ꜹ Unit - Endubis
(290-305)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.950) • 2.60 g • ⌀ 17.00 mm
MHAC# 1, Hahn Ak# 1, BMC Aksum# 1-3, SACAM# 1-11, HCR# 54094-54104, N# 70729
Silver Unit - Endubis
(290-305)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 2.24 g • ⌀ 15.50 mm
MHAC# 2, Hahn Ak# 2, BMC Aksum# 4-9, SACAM# 12-21, HCR# 54105-54115, N# 70728
Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.920) • 2.55 g • ⌀ 16.00 mm
MHAC# 4, Hahn Ak# 4, SACAM# 24, HCR# 54117, N# 312757
Ꜹ Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.920) • 2.67 g • ⌀ 16.00 mm
MHAC# 5, Hahn Ak# 4, SACAM# 23, HCR# 54116, N# 312758
Silver Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.900) • 2.34 g • ⌀ 17.00 mm
MHAC# 9, Hahn Ak# 7, SACAM# 33-34, HCR# 54123-54124, N# 312375
Æ15 - Endubis
(290-305)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.95 g • ⌀ 14.00 mm
MHAC# 3, Hahn Ak# 3, N# 312282
⅓ AR Unit - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.82 g • ⌀ 13 mm
MHAC# 11, N# 312735
Æ18 - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.84 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 12, BMC Aksum# 20, N# 311425
Æ17 - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.72 g • ⌀ 17 mm
MHAC# 13, N# 312376
Æ15 - Aphilas
(305-315)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.68 g • ⌀ 15 mm
MHAC# 14, N# 312379
Æ12 - Anonymous
(340-375)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.68 g • ⌀ 12 mm
MHAC# 51, BMC Aksum# 83-89, BMC Aksum# 91, N# 300904
Æ14 - Anonymous
(340-425)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.97 g • ⌀ 14 mm
MHAC# 52, BMC Aksum# 90, BMC Aksum# 92-244, N# 153625
Æ18 - Ouazebas
(375-400)

Standard circulation coin
Gold plated bronze • 2.0 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 54, BMC Aksum# 245, N# 102596
Silver unknown unit - Mehadeyis
(425-440)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.59 g
N# 405861
Æ15 - Ebana
(440-470)

Standard circulation coin
Gold plated bronze • 0.87 g • ⌀ 15 mm
MHAC# 76, BMC Aksum# 316-98, SACAM# 283-320, Hahn Ak# 36, N# 197945
Æ22 - Armeh
(535-550)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.37 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
MHAC# 153, BMC Aksum# 573, N# 272247
Æ17 - Wazena
(550-570)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.52 g • ⌀ 17 mm
MHAC# 119, BMC Aksum# 415, N# 153624
Æ16 - Ioel (Large cross)
(590-615)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.82 g • ⌀ 16 mm
MHAC# 131, BMC Aksum# 458, N# 153623
Æ14 - Ioel (Large cross)
(590-615)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.05 g • ⌀ 14 mm
MHAC# 132, BMC Aksum# 471-479, Hahn Ak# 59a, N# 200696
Æ11 - Ioel (long cross)
(590-615)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.85 g • ⌀ 11 mm
MHAC# 134, BMC Aksum# 484-507, N# 60856
Æ18 - Hataz (small cross)
(615-625)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.55 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MHAC# 140, BMC Aksum# 522, Hahn Ak# 66, N# 200697

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