Tag: Constantinople
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1988 Turkey İ.E.T.T. Tünel token
A token to ride the shortest subway in the world This is my entry for Day 20 “T” of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge!T = Turkey. Obverse This is a token of the İETT, short for İstanbul Elektrik Tramway ve Tünel (Istanbul Electric Tram and Subway). The public transport operator in Istanbul, capital city of…
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1913 Ottoman Empire 20 Para Passage Token
An early 20th century bridge token from a fascinating city. This is my entry for Day 15, “O” of the Blogging from A-Z April Challenge!O = Ottoman Empire. Obverse We have covered pieces from Istanbul previously, from a Byzantine Follis issued in the sixth century (when the city was known as Constantinople) to a more modern…
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1960 Turkey 5 Kuruş
A little oak leaf Obverse Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, the land was split into a number of countries. The north-western part of the former empire became Turkey. The Ottoman capital Constantinople became the Turkish capital and was renamed Istanbul in 1930. I wrote a little more on the capital in…
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518-27 Justin I Byzantine Follis
A nice large early Byzantine coin Obverse This coin was issued under Justin I, emperor of the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine Empire from 518 – 527 A.D. I have previously shared not only a Byzantine coin, but a 5 Nummi coin issued under Justin I. So let’s look at some different aspects of this one.…
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Byzantine 5 Nummi, Justin I 518-527
Early Christian coins are fascinating for me as someone of faith, 1500 years later. Reverse The Chi-Rho ☧ is one of the earliest Christian symbols. Combining the Chi (X) and Rho (P), the first two letters of the Greek word ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ or Christos. Chi-Rho is a Christogram, a monogram forming an abbreviation of the name…
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1028-1034 Romanus III Byzantine Follis
Here is a coin which neatly fits both my interest in Roman coins AND in Christian themed pieces. Issued under Byzantine emperor Romanus III, this Follis is generally called an “Anonymous” follis because it doesn’t include the emperor’s name. My piece is, admittedly, not in the condition it left the Constantinople mint (Modern day Turkey)…