New Book about Aksumite Coins coming soon

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W. Hahn and R. Keck: Münzgeschichte der Akßumitenkönige in der Spätantike.
312 pages incl a catalogue of the 95 main types of 20 different kings; 20 colour tables
58 €


Wolfgang Hahn is well known for his famous book MIB Moneta Imperii Byzantini.
This book contains decades of research and will be the reference catalogue for the next decades.

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Sounds both interesting and highly specialised. Would the coins of Aksum be the first of sub-Saharan Africa?

Peter

[Afrasi]

Yes, of course. They are followed by the coins of Kilwa (14th c) and Mogadishu (15th c ). The first colonial coinage is from Angola in 1693.