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Auction: 5003 - Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coins & Comm. Medals
Lot: 145

Armah (early 7th Century A.D.), AE (10), king seated on chair, crowned and holding a staff with a cross, Ge'ez legend ngš 'rmh "King Armah", sometimes with symbol (pellet or triangle by chin, cross right of staff), rev. cross, centre sometimes inlaid with gold, framed by two wheat stalks, Ge'ez legend fšh lykn l'hzb "Let there be joy to the people" (AC 153; H 72a), good fine to very fine (10) Estimate £ 90-120

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