Argyros - Armeh
Features
| Issuer |
Aksum
 |
|---|---|
| Król |
Armeh / Alla Amidas (535-550)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 535-555 |
| Value | Argyros |
| Currency | Chrysos |
| Composition | Złoto plated srebro |
| Weight | 1.1 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557231 |
| References | MHAC# 151 Stuart Christopher Munro-Hay, Bent Juel-Jensen; 1995. Aksumite Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn, Robert Keck (ed.); 2020. Münzgeschichte der Akßumitenkönige in der Spätantike = Coinage History of the Kings of Aksum in Late Antiquity. Österreichische Forschungsgesellschaft für Numismatik (Austrian Numismatic Research Society), Vienna, Austria. Stuart Christopher Munro-Hay; 1999. Catalogue of the Aksumite Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Armored and crowned bust of the king with a cross-staff facing right, behind it another cross-staff with a handle made of a wheat ear, and a smaller cross next to the neck.
Script: Gyyz
Lettering: ነገሠአረመሐ
Unabridged legend: ngs 'rmH
Reverse
(en) Arch supported by two columns, above it a Greek cross, cross-tipped scepter at each side, a ring hanging below the arch.
Script: Gyyz
Lettering: ሠሀለመሰለመ
Unabridged legend: shl wslm
Mint
Aksum, modern-day Axum, Ethiopia (290-625)Comments
(en)
King Armah was the last Christian king of the Aksumite Empire to issue coins; he is known almost exclusively through these. With the rise of Islam and the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate, trade with the Eastern Roman Empire ceased. The coins produced for international trade subsequently declined in importance, and the Aksumite Empire moved towards isolation. Armah is possibly identical with Ashama ibn Abjar, the Aksumite king who converted to Islam according to Muslim sources.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (535-555) | |||||||||||||||
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