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The Coinage of Aksum

by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek…. Ancient Coin Series – the Coinage of Aksum Where the south declines towards the setting sun lies the country called Ethiopia, the last inhabited land in that direction. There gold is obtained in great plenty… –Herodotus, The Histories, Book 2 (c. 450 BCE) Five days march inland from the Red Sea, […]

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The Coinage of Aksum

by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek…. Ancient Coin Series   Where the south declines towards the setting sun lies the country called Ethiopia, the last inhabited land in that direction. There gold is obtained in great plenty… –Herodotus, The Histories, Book 2 (c. 450 BCE) Five days march inland from the Red Sea, on the hilly Tigray […]

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