Addenda and Corrigenda to Aksumite Coinage

Later Christian Period (Ella Amida to Armah)

• Type 115 (Ella Amida AV): The Sternberg example is now JJ 512, ex Spink 13 Jul 2000 /939.
• Type 116 (Ella Amida AV): Add Gorny and Mosch 9 Oct 2007 /160, 1.56g, pierced twice, now in a private collection in the USA.
• Type 117 (Wazena AR): Add: Juel-Jensen collection ex Spink 31 Mar 2005 /131, 0.93g; a variety ex Cortrie 22 Sep 2005 /3305, now in a European private collection, with the obv. bust like type 125 and a triangle after the cross in the obv. legend.
• Type 117i (Wazena AR): Under Obv., there appears to be a symbol - Ge'ez G? - after the cross in the legend.
• Types 118-23 (Wazena AE): Under Obv., add symbols:
  - four pellets in diamond shape by forehead (JJ 479);
  - triangle of pellets after legend (Spink 30 Nov 2005 /part 582, not illustrated);
  - cross after legend (JJ 44).
  Add a variety with the obv. Ge'ez legend "zydl l'Hzb" (West 2005), ex Spink 31 Mar 2005 /133, now in the author's collection.
  In Comments on the Plates, replace "Type 122" by "Type 118".
• Type 124 (Ella Gabaz AV): BN Côte 53 bought by Côte in 1940 is not the coin stolen from Mordini in 1942 (West 2009).
  Add: Glendining 1 Oct 1997 /819, now JJ 425, 1.60g; CNG 176 /268, 1.33g, pierced twice, now in a private collection in the USA; Rennau collection ex Howard Simmons 1997 ex Mangalore; European private collection; Gorny and Mosch 10 Mar 2009 /1495, 1.43g.
• Type 125 (AGD AR): *On Plates replace "125 (JJ 217)" by "125ii (JJ 217)".
• Type 126 (AGD AR): Under Obv., add symbol two dots, one above the other, r. of chin (Seaby 1960 /151, incorrectly numbered 152 on plate, now in an English private collection described in West 2003ii).
  On Plates (and in Comments on the Plates) replace reference JJ 257 by JJ 252.
• Type 127 or 128 (Joel AV): Add a clipped and worn example from Mtambwe Mkuu, Pemba Island, off Tanzania (Freeman-Grenville 1992-3 p. 80 and Hahn 2000vi p. 288 n. 26).
• Type 129 (Joel AR): Under Rev., add the variant legend APCEHXV on Spink 30 Mar 2006 /1110 (first coin).
• Type 130 (Joel AR): Under Rev., replace "N of NGS" by "G of NGS" (see p. 279).
  *On Plates transpose references JJ 210 and JJ 392.
• Types 131-2 (Joel AE): Under Obv., add symbols:
  - pellet r. of chin by Ge'ez S, Ashmolean Museum (West 2002 /48);
  - triangle of pellets behind crown, author's collection and Pedroni 1997 /311 and 320;
  - triangle l. of crown, Spink 30 Mar 2006 /part 1112.
  Under Rev., replace JJ 382 by JJ 332 and "JJ 334, 335, 336" by "JJ 333, 334, 335".
  Under Notes, replace JJ 382 by JJ 332 and add Phillipson 2000/D276 type 131 "almost certainly overstruck on type 134".
  In Comments on the Plates, replace (JJ) 132 by (JJ) 332.
• Type 134 (Joel AE): Under Obv., add symbols:
  - pellet r. of face, Ashmolean Museum (West 2002 /51);
  - triangle r. of chin, Spink 31 Mar 2005 /part 139.
  Under Rev., add that the Ge'ez legend always appears to end "m'ln" rather than the intended "msln" (Munro-Hay 1984).
  Add a variety with rev. cross potent, author's collection; but the description of Godet 2004 /1032 as having a cross potent on steps is dubious.
• Type 134i (Joel AE): At least another ten specimens are now recorded (e.g. Spink 28 Sep 2005 /365-6). Some (e.g. JJ 200) have a small Ge'ez Y before the large Ge'ez Y in the king's name on the obv.
• Type 135 (Joel AE): Add Godet 2004 /1058 ex Adulis 1961, 1.12g.
• New Type 135i (Joel AE): Obv. similar to type 76 obv. but Ge'ez legend "'y'l" or "ngs 'y'l". Rev. similar to type 153 rev. (Godet 2004 /1059-60 ex Adulis 1962, 0.84g., 0.825g.).
• Type 136 (Hataz/'Iathlia' AV): Add: Hahn 2000vi 48a; Morton and Eden 23 Nov 2004 /704 1.34g.; Gorny and Mosch 10 Mar 2009 /1496, 1.33g., now in a private collection in the USA.
  In Comments on the Plates, replace "p. 244" by "p. 245".
• Type 137 (Hataz AR): Under Obv., add symbol crescent r. of bust with pellet l. (Italian collection).
• Type 138 (Hataz AR): Under Obv., add symbol triangle of pellets behind crown (Hahn collection and JJ 463).
  Under Rev., add symbol cross by chin (V 70 and another in Hahn collection ex Aksum).
  Add Spink 23/24.3.2011 /961, 1.15g. and another in an English private collection.
• Type 140 (Hataz AE): Under Obv., add symbol triangle of pellets over l. cross (Pedroni 1997 /400).
• Type 141 (Hataz AE): Under Obv., add symbols:
  - crescent (non-inverted) l. of chin (Spink 30 Nov 2005 /part 588);
  - ditto but r. of chin (ditto).
  On some specimens (e.g. author's collection) there appears to be a word separator ":" after "ngs" in the obv. Ge'ez legend (West 2001).
• Type 143 (Israel AV): Under Rev., add variant legend +IC+AP+AH+lambda (Morton and Eden 26 May 2005 /1114 and 13 Dec 2005 /444, die duplicates).
  Under Notes, replace "silver" by "gold".
• Type 144 (Israel AE): Under Rev. replace "Peace to the people?" by "Mercy to the people".
  Replace "Hahn 1984/7" by "Hahn 1984/47".
  The BN and Mordini 1959 (Hahn 1983/47) specimens are different coins.
  The Hahn collection and Sternberg (Vaccaro 51) specimens are the same coin.
  Add another in an Italian private collection.
• Type 146 (Gersem AV): *A. 276 and 277 are the same coin (see AC p. 10).
• Type 147 (Gersem AR): Under Obv., add symbol pellet r. of drapery (Pedroni 1997 /352).
  Under Rev., add symbol disk and crescent behind headcloth (Pedroni 1997 /342 and 352).
• Types 148-9 (Gersem AE): Under Rev., add missing Ge'ez Y to legend as seventh of ten letters. Move the comment about the vocalised Ge'ez R to the Obv.
• Types 150 (Gersem AE): Add symbols obv. pellet l. of crown and rev. crescent l. of crown (both on Ashmolean Museum specimen, West 2002 /59).
• Types 151 (Armah AR): Under Obv., add symbol triangle r. of crown (Spink 28 Sep 2005 /370).
• Types 151i (Armah AE): Add specimen in author's collection, 1.18g.
• Types 152-3 (Armah AE): Only one specimen of type 152 is recorded (Anzani 259 and Stockholm 25557 are the same coin, presented to King Gustavus VI Adolphus of Sweden by Haile Selassie in 1956).
  Under Obv., add symbols:
  - triangle r. of cross, author's collection;
  - pellet in front of staff (Pedroni 1997 /370);
  - triangle of pellets in front of crown (Pedroni 1977 /377 which wrongly describes as behind);
  - crescent above arm, author's collection.
  The R in the king's name in the obv.legend is apparently vocalised on Godet 2004/1390.
  *In Comments on the Plates, replace JJ 63 by JJ 83.