English title:
Aksumite Coinage
Original title:
Aksumite Coinage
Authors:
Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen
A comprehensive English-language specialist catalogue of Aksumite coinage and a revised and substantially enlarged version of the earlier The Coinage of Aksum. The work provides a detailed typological system covering 153 principal coin types and remains an important reference for the identification and classification of the coinage of ancient Aksum.
About the book
Aksumite Coinage by Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen is one of the principal specialist reference works devoted to the monetary history of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, centred in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The catalogue covers the development of Aksumite coinage from its earliest pagan issues through the adoption of Christianity and into the later period of the kingdom. Gold, silver and bronze issues are systematically classified according to rulers and anonymous emissions.
Particular attention is given to the individual coin types, legends, royal portraits, religious symbols and chronological development of the series. The catalogue demonstrates the important transition from the disc-and-crescent symbolism of the early pagan issues to the Christian cross and other Christian imagery appearing after the conversion of King Ezanas.
The revised edition considerably expands the earlier work and incorporates additional coin types, varieties and numismatic research. The numbering system established in the catalogue is widely used in specialist literature, auction catalogues and collections dealing with Aksumite coins. The work is still cited as a standard reference for the series.
What the book includes
- Complete specialist treatment of Aksumite coinage
- Coinage from the late 3rd to the early 7th century AD
- Gold coinage
- Silver coinage
- Bronze coinage
- Pagan issues
- Early Christian issues
- Later Christian issues
- Coins of identified Aksumite kings
- Anonymous coin issues
- 153 principal catalogue types
- Numerous subtypes and varieties
- Royal portraits and iconography
- Greek and Ge’ez coin legends
- Pagan religious symbols
- Christian crosses and religious imagery
- Chronological classification of the coinage
- Comments on illustrated coins
- Special section on illustrated forgeries
- Extensive photographic plates for attribution and comparison
Bibliographic details
- English title: Aksumite Coinage
- Original title: Aksumite Coinage
- Subtitle: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of The Coinage of Aksum
- Authors: Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen
- Edition: Revised and enlarged edition
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Spink & Son Ltd.
- Place of publication: London, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Pages: 285 pages plus 75 plates
- Binding: Hardcover
- Dust jacket: Yes
- Illustrations: Extensive black-and-white photographic plates
- ISBN-10: 0-907605-63-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-907605-63-8
- Subject: Numismatics – Kingdom of Aksum
- Period covered: c. AD 270–630
The bibliographic identification, revised-edition status, publisher and ISBN are independently confirmed by library and specialist numismatic records; auction descriptions specify 285 pages plus 75 plates.
Contents
- Early and pre-Christian Aksumite coinage
- Endubis
- Aphilas
- Wazeba
- Ousanas
- Ezanas
- The Early Christian Period, c. AD 330–540
- Ezanas, Types 47–48
- Ezana, Type 49
- Anonymous, Types 50–53
- Ouazebas, Types 54–58
- Eon, Types 59–62
- Anonymous, Types 63–66
- MHDYS, Types 67–70
- Ebana, Types 71–75
- Anonymous, Type 76
- Nezana, Types 77–80
- Anonymous, Type 81
- Nezool, Types 82–83
- Ousas, Types 84–86
- Ousanas, Types 87–88
- Ousana, Types 89–90
- Kaleb, Types 91–114
- Allamidas, Types 115–116
- Za-ya‘Abiyo la Madhen Negus, WZN, Type 117
- Wazena, Types 118–123
- Ella Gabaz, Type 124
- Za-ya‘Abiyo la Madhen Negus, Anonymous, Type 125
- Za-ya‘Abiyo la Madhen Negus, AGD, Type 126
- Joel, Types 127–135
- Hataz (including ‘Iathlia’), Types 136–142
- Israel, Types 143–144
- Gersem, Types 145–150
- Armah, Types 151–153
- Comments on the coins illustrated
- Comments on the forgeries illustrated
Who is this book for?
This catalogue is intended for serious collectors, professional numismatists, dealers, auction houses, museums and researchers working with ancient African and Aksumite coinage.
It is particularly valuable for the attribution of Aksumite gold, silver and bronze coins, the identification of rulers and anonymous issues and the classification of individual types and varieties. Its established catalogue numbering system also makes it an important working reference when studying auction catalogues and specialist literature.
Condition
- used
