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You people amaze me with your Ancient Coins. The history and your knowledge. To all of you  Edited by bpoc1
02/11/2013 4:07 pm
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I've read about these coins and have been interestested in adding some to my collection but have never come across any. You have a nack finding very obscure and interesting coins. These are beauties, congrats on adding them to your collection.
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Nobody else has noticed, and I don't know if the seller pointed out what "bronze with gold gilt" and "gilt center" means: the little gold blob in the centre of the cross is supposed to be there (and appears to be missing from the British Museum example). It's a tiny fleck of actual gold - these late Axumite coins are the earliest intentionally bimetallic coins known. Quote:
They existed on equal footing with the the empires of the day. Rome, Persia and China. In the worldview of the prophet Mani, founder of the Manichaean religion, there were four empires that ruled the world: the Empire of the North (Persia), the Empire of the West (Rome), the Empire of the East (either Mauryan India or Han China, nobody knows for sure anymore) and the Empire of the South (Axum). The fact that Axumite coins frequently turn up in southern India is an indication of the extent of the trading network in the ancient world and that Axum, though "isolated", was not isolationist. Quote:
I would be more then happy if some one could share some more info on ...this ruler... You have one of his coins; you therefore know as much about him as anyone else. The only reason we know for sure of his existence is that he made coins; he left no other trace in the historical record. The names, dates, lengths of reign and personal histories of most of the kings of Axum have now been lost to us. He may, or may not, have been the same Axumite emperor as "Ashama son of Abjar" mentioned in the Islamic traditions as a friend of Muslims who sheltered some of Muhammad's followers during their early persecutions in AD 615. But we simply don't know. I have an earlier Axumite silver coin, a "quinarius" of Emperor Ousanas, circa AD 320. You can see it in this really old thread. There's also a gilt-inlaid-copper from Ousanas (not mine) in this thread. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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A great coin from a great ancient culture!  |
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Thanks for posting this one Ancientnoob. It has expanded my knowledge for sure.
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An informative and interesting post, and agreed your coin is top quality and surpasses that of the British Museum and being British and having the utmost respect for that establishment that is hard for me to say :)
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I wonder if the British Museum would be interested in this piece? All the kings features are there, maybe its of special historical value.
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Well I thank everyone for chiming in on my thread. Its always a real pleasure to get a few comments out of you guys. Makes the hobby more than worth while.
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Happened across this today, wish I was rich  [eBayItem]200889602100[/eBayItem] |
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Hi, could someone suggest where to buy a similar coin?
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 to the Community, gellithy! |
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@gellithy, first welcome to CCF. Second, as you are finding out, these guys don't show up all that often. However, I do see three coins of the Axumite kingdom for sale on vcoins right now. None of them are of this same type, but perhaps might serve as a placeholder until a better example hits the market. In the meanwhile, here is some more Axum eye-candy: http://goccf.com/t/308373"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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