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Israel of Axum

King of Aksum from 590 to 600

Field	Value
caption	Coin of the Axumite king Israel
succession	King of Aksum
reign	590-600
predecessor	Ioel
successor	Gersem

Israel (vocalized ʾIsrāʾēl or ይስራኤል Yisrāʾēl, c. 590) was a king of Axum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign. He is one of several Aksumite kings with a Biblical name, the others include Ioel, Kaleb, Gersem, and likely Noe; Richard Pankhurst mentions the name of this king as an early example of Judaic influence in Ethiopian culture.

The Kebra Nagast and Ethiopian historical tradition states that Kaleb had two sons, Israel and Gabra Masqal. One tradition claims that Israel was governor of Adwa during his father's reign, but otherwise the Ethiopian chronicles tell little else about him. The 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia states that Israel ruled only for one month between Kaleb and Gabra Masqal.

Skeptical that this Israel was actually the son of King Kaleb, Stuart Munro-Hay suggests that Israel may have been a better ruler than the other kings between him and Kaleb (or Gabra Masqal), and tradition compressed the succession.

Coins

Main article: Aksumite currency

Two types of coins have been dated to Israel's reign, one in gold, the other in copper. Wolfgang Hahn notes that his coinage "would be very rare were it not for the 34 pieces which made up the Adulis hoard of 1907 and which are closely die-related".

Notes

References

Wolfgang Hahn, [https://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_2000_num_6_155_2289 "Askumite Numismatics - A critical survey of recent Research"], ''Revue Numismatique'', 155 (2000), p. 299
Richard Pankhurst, ''The Ethiopians: A History'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), p. 36
Budge, E. A. Wallis. (1928). "A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1)". Methuen & Co..
Munro-Hay, ''Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity'' (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), p. 13.
(1984). "The Coinage of Aksum". Manohar.

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