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253361.                                                     Sold For $245
   KINGS of AXUM. Armah. Circa 600-640 AD. Æ 20mm (2.20 gm). "King Armah"
   (in Ge'ez), king enthroned right, holding cross sceptre; three pellets to
   right / "Let There be Joy to the People" (in Ge'ez), voided cross in
   wreath; gilt center. Munro-Hay 153; BMC Aksum 589. VF, dark green patina.
   Armah is the last Axumite king known to have struck coinage. By the last
   half of the 7th century Muslim raiders had cut off the Red Sea trade route
   upon which Axum's prosperity depended, and the kingdom began a long slow
   decline.


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