* 10 markkaa ( two-metal coin, copper-coloured centre and silver-coloured edge )-rowan tree branches and berries on the reverse and a wood grouse on the obverse ( 1. 68 )

York was the centre of the kingdom of Jórvík from 866, and discoveries there ( e. g. a silk cap, a counterfeit of a coin from Samarkand and a cowry shell from the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf ) suggest that Scandinavian trade connections in the 10th century reached beyond Byzantium.

A version minted in 2004 featured a red poppy in the centre and is considered the first multi-coloured circulation coin in the world.

Coins minted at Cnossus from the fifth century showed the kneeling bull or the head of a goddess crowned with a wreath of grain and on the reverse — the " underside "— a scheme of four meander patterns joined at the centre windmill fashion, sometimes with sickle moons or with a star-rosette at the center: " it is a small view of the nocturnal world on the face of the coin that lay downward in the printing process, and is, as it were, oriented downward ".

The reverse of the coin shows a floriated cross with a quatrefoil in the centre ; the legend is ( He shall be exalted in glory ).

The sides are not straight but are curved so that the centre of curvature is the opposite apex of the coin – this is an equilateral curve ( a curve of constant width ) which allows the coin's diameter to be consistently measured in vending machines and slot machines.

The sides are not straight but are curved so that the centre of curvature is the opposite apex of the coin.

The 5p coin depicts the centre of the Royal shield, showing the meeting point of the four quarters.

Another urban myth about the coin is that putting it in the freezer overnight causes the cupro-nickel centre to pop out, a claim which had been true of some early mintings of the similarly bimetallic Canadian 2 dollar coin.

The kings ' head faces left in this reign, and is surrounded by the inscription, while the obverse is the same as in Charles II's reign except for omitting the interlinked " C " s in the centre of the coin.

This coin was also ( rarely ) produced in the mint at Sydney, Australia, which is identified by the letter " S " above the centre of the date.

The 1902 Edward VII coin was also minted at Sydney, being identified by an " S " above the centre of the date.

The kings ' head faces left in this reign, and is surrounded by the inscription, while the obverse is the same as in Charles II's reign except for omitting the interlinked " C " s in the centre of the coin.

The king's head faces left in this reign, and is surrounded by the inscription (" James II by the grace of God "), while the reverse is the same as in Charles II's reign except for omitting the interlinked " C " s in the centre of the coin.

The kings ' head faces left in this reign, and is surrounded by the inscription, while the obverse is the same as in Charles II's reign except for omitting the interlinked " C " s in the centre of the coin.

This coin was also ( rarely ) produced in the mint at Sydney, Australia, which is identified by the letter " S " above the centre of the date.

The 1902 Edward VII coin was also minted at Sydney, being identified by an " S " above the centre of the date.

He became the centre of attention in the 1989 Paris-Dakar when he tossed a coin to decide between his two drivers Ari Vatanen and Jacky Ickx to ensure that their rivalry would not lead to one of them quitting and cost the team victory.

The 500 dram coin is bimetallic with a brass outer ring and cupronickel centre.

In memory of SSR, various streets in Mauritius, public places such as a garden, a recreational centre for elderly people, a college and the national airport bear the name of SSR, as well as his face on every Mauritian Rupee coin and on the highest note tender of Rs2, 000.

The 1 kina is round and holed in the centre, this denomination was reduced in size starting from 2006, and the larger coin was demonetised from the 31 December 2008.

Among the many entries, Szilva put forward the suggestion for a major tourist attraction featuring a giant replica of a five-cent coin, an underground mine and a mining science centre.

The sides are not straight but are curved so that the centre of curvature is the opposite apex of the coin-this is an equilateral curve which allows the coin to roll freely in slot machines.

An allegorical figure representing the nation, seated in a Buddha-like posture ( but not Buddha himself ), holding a sword and a set of scales, representing the armed forces and justice respectively, sits in the centre, flanked by figures representing ( from left ) sport, education, religion and the arts.

From the Renaissance onward the chained nude figure of Andromeda typically was the centre of interest, and often she was shown alone, fearfully awaiting the monster.

Returning to Paris, she became a popular figure in the salons, and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts.

In the hortus conclusus, Gideon ( biblical figure ) | Gideon's fleece is worked in, and the altar at the rear has Aaron's rod that miraculously flowered in the centre.

The founder of Tapiola, Heikki von Hertzen, believed that it was not possible to create a satisfactory residential centre if the population density exceeds a certain figure.

Molotov became a leading figure in the " Stalinist centre " of the party, which also included Kliment Voroshilov and Sergo Ordzhonikidze.

Forms that avoid confusion with Danish include a dot placed in the centre of zero ; one with the use of a tick, that is, a slash that does not cross the entire bowl of the figure, but entirely lies in the upper right ; a form found in Germany with a completely vertical slash ; and one with a slash from upper left to lower right.

The earliest 8th or 9th century Irish crosses had only ornament, including interlace and round bosses, but from the 9th and 10th century, figurative images appear, sometimes just a figure of Christ crucified in the centre, but in the largest 10th century examples large numbers of figures over much of the surface.

One named the little figure, has a blue cross on each side and represents ace, deuce, tray ; another yellow on both sides, styled the yellow figure, signifies, 4, 5, 6 ; a third with a black lozenge in the centre, named the black figure, stands for 7, 8, 9.

The work is laden with symbol ism: The figure in the centre represents truth — surrounded by bright light ( the central symbol of the Enlightenment ).

Clarke was an important literary figure in Australia, and was the centre of an important bohemian circle.

Of that figure, about 15, 000 live in the town centre, whilst the remaining 23, 000 live in the surrounding suburbs and villages within the town's administrative boundaries.

This was largely due to his being seen by many politicians of the centre and left as a controversial figure for his outspoken opposition to the Bolsheviks, his supposed desire for Finnish intervention on the side of the Whites during the Russian Civil War, and the antipathy toward him of Finnish socialists, who saw him as the ' bourgeois ' ' White General '.

Lyon was the cultural centre of France in the first half of the sixteenth century and she became active in a circle of Lyonnais poets and humanists grouped around the figure of Maurice Scève.

The centre figure wears the dark green dress uniform worn by all Gurkhas in British service, with certain regimental distinctions

It was based on an earlier flag with no cross and with the figure of the Virgin Mary in the centre.

The area of the Prater closest to the city centre contains a large amusement park, known as the Volksprater (" People's Prater ") or Wurstelprater ( after the Harlequin-type figure of Hanswurst ), and at its entrance there is the giant Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel opened in 1897 which features prominently in the movie The Third Man and which has become one of Vienna's trademarks.

Clavius, the greatest figure of the Colégio Romano, the great centre of catholic knowledge of that period, classified Nunes as “ supreme mathematical genius ".

" The New Internationalist said, " It owed its success in no small part to the powerful sense of audience identification with the suffering of the mother figure at its centre.

Another female figure is shown in the centre ; perhaps Wayland's helper, or Bodvild again.

Appropriately, the 16. 2-m ( 53-ft ) Buddha or Daibutsu ( completed in 752 ) enshrined in the main hall is a Rushana Buddha, the figure that represents the essence of Buddhahood, just as Tōdai-ji represented the centre for imperially sponsored Buddhism and its dissemination throughout Japan.

Ay was certainly a powerful figure: he was close to the centre of political power at the royal palace for some 25 years under both Tutankhamun and Akhenaten.

The television series character has a recently deceased father, Sir Boniface Fogg, who was a towering figure at the centre of British Intelligence during the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars and became a close confidant of both Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington.