Gold, Axum, Caleb, Half Aureus, 520 CE

Gold, Axum, Caleb, Half Aureus, 520 CE.

Axum was a Kingdom from the 1st thru the 10th centuries in what is now N. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and part of Yemen. Its decline started with the rise of Islam in the seventh century.

The Greek inscriptions are-

Obverse, XALB BACILEVC- King Caleb

Reverse, Thanks to God-from clearer examples

Text, Rev. Obv. 20 secs. each

Based on Furmaniac code