Sylloge of Aksumite Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

by Wolfgang Hahn, Vincent West

Overview

•No other book approaches this level of academic expertise on significant Aksumite coinage
•The Ashmolean museum's coins are of considerably higher quality and interest than even the similar collection at the British Museum

These essays by Hahn and West will deal respectively with the formation of the collection and the figure of Bent Juel-Jensen, the seminal Aksumite coin collector in Oxford (as well as a medical doctor, academic, and traveler). They will also discuss recent problems that have emerged regarding the study of this coinage. In its entirety, this publication will make a fundamental contribution to this area of research and be an indispensible acquisition for many institutions and individuals.

Contents: Introduction; History of Aksumite Coins; History of the Collection; Bibliography; Catalogue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910807101
Publisher:	Ashmolean Museum
Publication date:	03/31/2017
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Wolfgang Hahn is Emeritus Professor at the University of Vienna, and a world expert in Aksumite coins. Vincent West, based in the UK, is a leading collector and scholar with close connections with the Ashmolean.

Table of Contents

Introduction Julian Baker 7

Aksumite Coinage Again Wolfgang Hahn 9

History of the Collection Vincent West 20

Bibliography 23

Arrangement of Catalogue 28

The Ge'ez Alphabet 29

Provenances 30

Catalogue 33

The pre-Christian period (late third to mid fourth century AD) 34

Endybis(l-21) 34

Aphilas (23-44) 36

Wazeba (45-50) 42

Ousanas (51-79) 42

Ousanas without religious symbol (80-90) 48

Ezanas (91-118) 50

Ezanas without religious symbol (119-128c) 56

The early Christian period (mid fourth to mid sixth century AD) 58

Ezanas (129-137) 58

Anonymous (138-191) 60

Ouazebas (192-221) 68

'Eon' (or Noe) (222-233) 74

Anonymous (234-240) 78

MHDYS (241-254) 80

Ebana (255-282) 84

Anonymous (283-320) 98

Nezana (321-326) 98

Nezana/Nezool (327-330) 100

Anonymous (mule) (331) 100

Nezool (332-336) 100

Ousas (337-344) 102

Ousanas (345-346) 104

Ousana (347-353) 106

Kaleb (354-383) 106

The later Christian period (mid sixth to early seventh century AD) 114

Alla Amidas (384-385) 114

Wazena (386-410) 114

Ella Gabaz (411-412) 118

Anonymous (413-414) 120

AGD (415-427) 120

Joel (428-486) 122

Hataz (Hethasa) (487-518) 130

Israel (519-521) 138

Gersem (522-538) 138

Armah (539-593) 142

Unidentified (594-595) 156

Forgeries and Fantasies (a-i) 158