Golden coins with the figure of King Ezana of Axum.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/axum/ezana/s_BMC_75.1.jpg

About 325 A.D. King Ezana, also known as Abreha or Aezana, then a child prince ruling Axum (or Aksum) with his mother Sofya as a supervisor and a regent, declared Christianity as the official religion. He became the first Christian King of Ethiopia from 330 to 356 A.D. This kingdom was also known as the Axumite Kingdom. Therefore, Axum became the first Christian state in the history of the world along with the Rome of Constantine I and Armenia of King Tiridates.

It is said that Ezana took the Ark of the Covenant from the island of Tana Kirkos. He brought it back to place it in the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion, in Axum, which he built and gave it to Ethiopian Christians. The Ark stayed there until the 10th century when it fled its sanctuary to Lake Zway escaping from the Queen Gudit´s rage (some said the Ark had to flee twice more during this period, once to Tabr and once to Digsa) and then 5 centuries later, in 1535, it was hidden again when the advancing Muslim army of Ahmed Ibn Al Ghazi (nicknamed Gragn) attacked the capital city and destroyed St. Mary of Zion.

That is as far as the story goes. No one can tell for sure if the tale of the stolen Ark by Ezana from Tana Kirkos is true or not? No one really knows if the Ark is still kept today at the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cath%C3%A9drale_d%27Auch_20.jpg/600px-Cath%C3%A9drale_d%27Auch_20.jpg
Gilded bas-relief from the d'Auch Cathedral representing the Ark being transported .

http://www.travelpod.com/users/villu/ethiopia_2006.1166040600.king_ezanaxs_stele.jpg
Impressive King Ezana´s 24 meter high Stele, Great Northern Stelae Park in Axum, Ethiopia.
Source(s):
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1ezana-axum.htm

http://books.google.com.co/books?id=RspGQF-0H7IC&pg=RA2-PA172&lpg=R...

http://www.allempires.net/king-ezana-of-axum-ethiopia_topic18570.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Ibrihim_al-Ghazi

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