Aphilas, circa 310-325. 1/8 Chrysos (Gold, 7 mm, 0.32 g, 11 h). Draped bust of Aphilas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to right, pellet in crescent. Rev. ΑΦΙ/Λ•AC / ΒA•CI/ΛЄΥ in four lines. Hahn, Aksumite, 6. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 7.111 (this coin). Munro-Hay, AC, type 8. An exceptionally fresh example. Struck from the usual somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good extremely fine.


Under Aphilas, the Axumites experimented with a fractional gold coinage consisting of 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 chrysoi, likely to facilitate exchange. This was abandoned under his successors, however, perhaps due to the impractically small size of the lesser denominations.