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Coin Depicting an Anonymous King   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Ethiopia)Unknown author
Title
Coin Depicting an Anonymous King
Description
English: The Aksumite Kingdom began to issue coins about AD 270. Silver and bronze coins were issued for local, everyday use, and generally followed the design of Roman coins with a bust portrait of the ruler in profile on one side. Aksumite coins were the first in the ancient world to carry the cross as a symbol of the ruler's devotion to the Christian religion.
Date 4th century
date QS:P571,+350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium silver with traces of gilt
Dimensions 0.1 × 1.4 cm (0 × 0.5 in) (d. x diam.)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
59.793
Place of creation Aksum, Ethiopia
Object history
  • William Wright Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Knopfelmacher Collection, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase
  • 1996: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history Ethiopian Art at The Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996. Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art, New York. 2006-2007.
Credit line Gift of Joseph and Margaret Knopfelmacher, 1996
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current22:33, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 22:33, 25 March 20121,800 × 1,800 (289 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Ethiopian |title = ''Coin Depicting an Anonymous King'' |description = {{en|The Aksumite Kingdom began to issue coins about AD 270. Silver and bronze coins were i...