Back Endubis German Endubis Spanish Endubis French אינדוביס, מלך אקסום HE Endubis Italian ენდუბისი Georgian Endubis Polish Endúbis Portuguese Эндубис Russian Ендубій Ukrainian
| Endubis | |
|---|---|
| Aksumite king | |
 Coins of king Endybis. The left one reads in Greek "ΑΞΩΜΙΤΩ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ", "King of Axum". The right one reads in Greek: ΕΝΔΥΒΙϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ, "King Endybis". British Museum. | |
| Reign | c. 270-310[1] |
| Predecessor | DTWNS |
| Successor | Aphilas |
Endubis or Endybis (Greek: Ενδυβις) 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."[2] The Aksumite currency of his reign was issued in gold, silver, and bronze or copper denominations and bore inscriptions in Koine Greek.
- ^ "Endubis". British Museum. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ Munro-Hay, "Aksumite Coinage" in African Zion: the Sacred Art of Ethiopia, ed. Marilyn Heldman (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993), p. 101