romegreeceart: Coin with an image of Aphilas, king of Aksum * Axum was a kingdom located in Modern E
romegreeceart: Coin with an image of Aphilas, king of Aksum * Axum was a kingdom located in Modern Etiopia, Eritrea and Yemen. Strategically located country played an important role in international trade and was regarded a great power (along with Rome, Persia and China) * gold, early 4th century CE * “AΦIΛAC BACIΛEYC” https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=178209&cachesLoaded=true Source: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Creator Reinhard Saczewski; Copyright Notice: CC BY-NC-SA -- source link