(Ge'ez 9-character legend LAHZBZYDL, broken between Y and D) "He who is suitable for the people.": Half-length dr. bust of king r., wearing headcloth, holding wheat stalk breaking legend; to r. of forehead, small cross.
Reverse
(Ge'ez 8-character legend; two characters in each quarter) "Of the King Za-Wazen": long cross croisee over short saltire cross, gold inlay in center punch-hole; two characters if inscr. in each quarter.
Diameter (in mm)
16.0
Weight (in gr.)
1.007
Reference
BMC.not(414-437; nos. 430 and 435, type 118, and no. 422, type 121, are of varietiess that have the small cross on the upper r. obv., like the ANS piece), M-H type 122
Provenance
Lhotka, John F., Jr. ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott coll., H.M.F. Schulman x1969, lot 5117 (original envelope tag)
