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ID:     753202
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient Africa
Region:     AKSUMITE KINGDOM
Issuer:     Gersem
Date Ruled:     ca. 600 AD
Metal:     Bronze
Diameter:     17 mm
Weight:     1.25 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     "King Gersem" (in Ge'ez), crowned facing bust; two crosses in fields
Reverse Description:     +"He Conquers through Christ" (in Ge'ez), cross with pellet terminals in circle
Primary Reference:     Munro-Hay 149
Reference2:     BMC Aksum 560 var. (obverse legend)
Reference3:     Anzani 279 var. (same)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=61467
Grade:     Good VF, brown patina
Notes:     Exceptional strike for a late Axumite coin. Munro-Hay notes that the reverse cross is never within a perfect circle, and suggests it may depict a rosary.