| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5604 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 136 USD / 127 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Hethasas/Hataza, circa 610s-630s. Lepton (Bronze, 17 mm, 1.00 g, 11 h), before 620 (?). Draped bust of Hethasas/Hataza facing, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earrings; to inner, left and right, two large crosses; to left and right, ears of barley; above head cloth, small cross; to outer right, o. Rev. ሐተዘነገሠአከሰመ ('htzngsʼksm' = 'Hataza, king of Axum' in Ge'ez) Cross within octagonal border. Hahn, Aksumite, 66. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 94. Munro-Hay, AC, type 140. Some deposits and the reverse slightly double struck, otherwise, very fine. From the Dr. Stephan Coffman Collection. Hahn & Keck have suggested that the short term restoration of Egypt to Byzantine control in 630 may have prompted the Axumites to resume coin production, though only of billon argyroi and bronze lepta, which may have continued posthumously after Hethasas/Hataza's reign. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
