Endubis
Sign in to saveEndybis or Endubis (Greek: ) was a late-3rd-century sovereign of the Kingdom of Aksum in East Africa (modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea). He was among the earliest rulers in the Africa to mint his own coins; according to Stuart Munro-Hay, "No other sub-Saharan African state issued its own independent coinage in ancient times -- indeed no other African state at all, since those in North Africa (Libya and Mauritania) fell under Roman dominion." The Aksumite currency of his reign was issued in gold, silver, and bronze or copper denominations and bore inscriptions in Koine Greek.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Endybis
- Royalty.title
- Aksumite king
- Royalty.image
- KingEndybisEthiopia227-235CE.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Coins of king Endybis. The left one reads in Greek , . The right one reads , . British Museum.
- Royalty.reign
- c. 270-300
- Royalty.predecessor
- DTWNS
- Royalty.successor
- Aphilas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Occupation
- ruler
- Image
- KingEndybisEthiopia227-235CE.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0300-01-01
- Commons category
- Endubis of Axum
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Article · Italiano
Endubis (270 circa – 300 circa) fu un re di Axum. Fu il primo re di Axum a battere moneta. Le monete di Endubis erano in oro e argento; quelle ritrovate finora portavano uno di due motti, "BACIΛEYC AΧWMITW" (in greco "re di Axum") o "BICI ΔAXY" ("bisi Dakhu"), di più difficile interpretazione; si ritiene che "bisi" sia un titolo collegato alla parola ge'ez be'esya ("uomo di")
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