Armah
| Armah | |
|---|---|
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| King of Aksum | |
Armah (late 6th/early 7th century AD) was a king of the
Munro-Hay states that either Armah or
Coinage
Armah's name only appears on silver and copper coins; one type of each has been identified. The absence of an issue of gold coins is one of the reasons Hahn believes he is identical with Alla Amidas, whose only known coins were in gold.
The copper type is known in two versions, the difference being the cross on the reverse has a gold inlay in the center of the cross. The obverse shows Armah seated on a throne with a high back; the reverse is distinguished by a cross with barley stalks on either side, attached to the cross at the base. Both inscriptions on the copper issue are also in Ge'ez: the legend on the obverse reads "King Armah", while the legend on the reverse is "Joy and peace to the people."[8]
Notes
- Antoine d'Abbadie, dated 8 January 1869, mentions a coin of this ruler. Sven Rubenson, Acta Aethiopica, vol 3: Internal Rivalries and Foreign Threats, 1869-1879 (Addis Ababa: University Press, 2000), p. 3
- ^ a b Wolfgang Hahn and Vincent West, Sylloge of Aksumite Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Oxford: Ashmolean, 2016), p. 14
- ^ ISBN 0748601066.
- ^ Hahn and West, Syllogue, p. 15
- ^ Stuart Munro-Hay, The Coinage of Aksum (New Delhi: Manohar, 1984), p. 33
- ^ Munro-Hay, Coinage, p. 145
- ^ Munro-Hay, Coinage, p. 145 n. 1
- ^ Munro-Hay, Coinage, p. 147