Gold, Axum, Israel, Half Aureus, 590 CE

Gold, Axum, Israel, Half Aureus, 590 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, BACILIAXWMI-King

of the Axomites

Reverse, IC AR AH L- Israel

Text, Reverse, Obverse. alternate every 20 secs.

Based on Furmaniac code