Aksumite - Ancient coin auction catalogs  

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Sternberg  8  (11/78)  MV, HQP.  1015 ancients. 339 G, 41 Aksum, 374 R, 238 Byz including AE, 18 Arab-Byz, on 50 ppl + 2E
    Aksumite (41), Byzantine AE (among 238)
 
Sternberg 17  (5/86)  MV.  HQP.  747 ancients on 27 ppl + 5 E + 2 in color + 8 sepia places of AES grave + 2 color plates of cameos.
    244 G, 44 Aksumite, 50 AES grave, 250 R, 6 tessera, 22 Byz, 7 Beneventum
    Aksumite (44), AES grave (50 on 8 sepia ppl)

Sternberg 18  (11/86)  MV, HQP. Harcover. 716 ancients on 36 ppl + 5E + 3 color + 4 of cut stones + 1 color among 62 ppl.
    210 G, 64 Aksumite, 432 R (including 13 AES grave on 3 ppl), 52 Byz, 6 Turkoman AE
    Aksumite (64)

Sternberg 35  (10/00)  HV. HQP. 1057 ancients on 54 ppl + 15 E + 4 color (+ 15 ppl of cut stones and jewelry + 3 E + 3 color)
    56 Roman Provincial of Spain, 8 Celtic, 260 G, 628 R, 55 Byz, 33 Aksum, 11 DA, 6 Visigothic
    Aksum (33), Roman Provincial of Spain (56)

Munz Zentrum Rheinland 143 (MZ Rheinland) (2088, April 16-17) MV. color photogrpahs. c. 1000 ancients including 52 of Aksum (Axum)
    Aksum (Axum) (52)

CNG  53  (3/00)  mbs.  2175 ancients among 2416, a few with enlargments throughout. 796 G, 191 Baktrian and Indo-Greek, 27 Aksumite, 177 RP, 59 Roman Egypt, 114 RR, 40 RI quandrantes, 401 RI, 11 DA, 15 Lonbrads, 127 Byz, 156 Crusader, 6 Merovingian, 12 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 34 pennies
    RI Quadrans (40), Lombards (15), Crusader (156), Aksumite (27), Baktrian and Indo-Greek (191)

Spink (London) 2000, July 13.  The Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection of Ancient Coins, Part II: Byzantine and Early European Gold Coins.  HV. HQP. 573 ancients + 7 color ppl.  364 Byz gold,  many DA: 94 Ostrogothic, Lombard, etc.,  20 early Arabic gold, 31 early Italian gold,  4 crusader, 12 florins, 37 Aksumite
    Early European gold (512) including Byzantine (364), Dark ages (94), Aksumite (37)

Aretusa (Lugano) Asta 1, 18 Sept. 1993, 28 pieces.
 
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Minor:
CNG 23  (10/92)  526 ancients among 649. 250 G, 36 Parthian, 15 RR, 117 RI, 21 RP, 33 Byz, 10 Aksum, 33 Celtic England, 4 Saxon  
Malter CJAA Winter 86 (5.3) pp.20-21, short article and coins for sale, 12 photographed
Myers auction 1 (11/71) lots 334-345, 12 pieces
NFA small fp. issue #1 (Aug. 76) 4 pieces
Elsen auction 12 (2/89) lots 81-85, 5 pieces
Hippocampus b-or-b #3 (5/99) lots 55-61, 7 pieces
Sternberg fp. 8 (8/96) lots 182-191 with 5 photos

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References:  The primary references are Aksumite Coinage, by Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen (1995, Spink), which is a revised and enlarged edition of  The Coinage of Aksum, and also, by Stuart Munro-Hay, Catalogue of the Aksumite Coins in the British Museum, with 67 page plates of enlargments. 1999

ANSNM 29 (1984) 159-179, plates 27-32
Aksumite Forgeries AJN 3-4 (1992) 49-64, plates 5-6.

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