Search results for: “billon”
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1922 East Africa Half Shilling
A lion against mountains on an East African coin Obverse We have looked at East Africa previously, so I won’t cover too much of the history this time. This coin is slightly earlier than the last one I covered, and was issued under King George V. Prior to 1920, East Africa used the “Rupee”. This
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1776 Prussia 1/48 Thaler
An unusual denomination from a year I took a while to find. Kingdom of Prussia Map of Prussia & German States in the 19th century. From Wikipedia. The early Prussians were a Baltic people comprised of multiple tribes. Their pagan faith is like that of Germanic and Greek paganism. Polish dukes and kings sent both
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284 Rome Numerian Tetradrachm
A Nice thick Roman-Egyptian coin – with an eagle Numerian The “Crisis of the Third Century” was a period of great instability in the Roman Empire following the end of the Severan dynasty. Lasting from 235 – 284, one striking example of this was the year 238: The year of the Six Emperors. Towards the
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Sasanian Drachm 591-628
Khosrow II, one of the last great Sasanian Shahs The Sasanian Empire lasted from 224 – 621 A.D., when it was overthrown by the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. Today part of Iran, the area Conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C., then became part of the Seleucid Empire. Although influenced by their Iranian subjects, the
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Liard of Frederik Henry, Prince of Orange, France 1625-47
A coin which isn’t what it first seems Mystery Coin Each fortnight, I include a photo of a coin in the newsletter, and ask people to guess what it is. When I shared this coin, I expected it would stump people, but it was ok, because I did in fact know what it was. Only,
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