Of its coins the most ancient bear the Phoenician inscription abdrt with the head of Melkart and a tunny-fish ; those of Tiberius ( who seems to have made the place a colonia ) show the chief temple of the town with two tunny-fish erect in the form of columns.

His image appeared on previous series of NT $ 500 and NT $ 1000 notes ; the NT $ 1, $ 5, and $ 10 coins still bear his portrait on the obverse.

Fictional currencies may also bear the name coin ( as such, an item may be said to be worth 123 coin or 123 coins ).

Later inscriptions show Ezana's growing attachment to Christianity, and Ezana's coins bear this out, shifting from a design with disc and crescent to a design with a cross.

The Welsh reverse £ 1 coins minted in 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000 bear the edge inscription (" I am devoted to my country "), from the refrain of " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ".

Many coins issued during Elagabalus ' reign bear the inscriptions Fides Exercitus or Fides Militum, emphasising the loyalty of the army as the basis of imperial power.

The producing mint of each coin may be easily identified, as most coins bear a mint mark.

Among marked coins, Philadelphia coins bear a letter P, Denver coins bear a letter D, San Francisco coins bear a letter S, and West Point coins bear a letter W. S and W coins are rarely, if ever, found in general circulation, although S coins bearing dates prior to the mid-1970s are in circulation.

The Osmanli ruler Osman I was the first Turkish ruler who minted coins in his own name in 1320s, for it bears the legend " Minted by Osman son of Ertugul ".

Allegedly, Spartans were prohibited from possessing gold and silver coins, and according to legend Spartan currency consisted of iron bars to discourage hoarding.

From a very early date, British coins have been inscribed with the name of the ruler of the kingdom in which they were produced, and a longer or shorter title, always in Latin ; among the earliest distinctive English coins are the silver pennies of Offa of Mercia, which were inscribed with the legend " King Offa ".

This is further confirmed by coins of the city of Laodicea in modern day Syria, that bear the legend, " Of Laodicea, a metropolis in Canaan "; these coins are dated to the reign of Antiochus IV ( 175 – 164 BC ) and his successors.

An important clue in this direction is the fact that he had minted a new series of gold coins, in which he put a cross and the new legend (" Welfare of the World ") instead of the usual (" Welfare of the State ").

The city's most ancient coins bear the legend " Malies " or " Maliesa ", which have been supposed to belong to the Samnite, or pre-Samnite, Maleventum.

The coins minted at Priene featured the helmeted head of Athena on the obverse and a meander pattern on the reverse, one coin also displaying a dolphin and the legend ΠΡΙΗ for ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ ( Priēneōn ), " of the Prieneians.

Some of these silver coins bear the legend Expectate veni, ' Come long-awaited one ', recognised to allude to a line in the Aeneid by the Augustan poet Virgil, written more than 300 years previously.

Some of the silver coins bear the legend RSR in the exergue ( an area on a coin below the legend ).

Emperor Maximilian, ruler of the Second Mexican Empire from 1864 – 1867, minted the first coins with the legend " peso " on them.

Other coins substitute the legend Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν within a wreath.

However he minted coins bearing the " SC " legend, thus showing some bonds to the Senate.

The coins feature the legend ( Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ( BASILEOS SOTEROS MENANDROU )/ Kharosthi: MAHARAJA TRATASA MENADRASA ).

There are approximately five principal varieties of coins produced by Stephen's mints, normally containing the legend, but one issue bears the legend which cannot be translated but is thought to have been constructed by the moneyers to look like the previous reign's, so they could disassociate themselves from the conflict and hedge their bets about who would win, while still providing the required number of new coins.

Milled coins were produced at the York mint between 1638 and 1649, which look similar to the Aberystwyth product but without the plumes – the obverse features a left-facing crowned bust of the king with the numeral III behind him, with the legend, with the reverse showing the royal arms on a shield over a cross, with over the shield and the legend.

William's head faces right on his coins, with the legend, while the reverse design of William and Mary's reign was judged to be unsuccessful, so the design reverted to that used by Charles II and James II, but with a small shield with the lion of Nassau in the centre, with the legend.

After Preakness won the Dinner Party Stakes, his jockey, Billy Hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges ’ stand.

During ceremonies Brahmins swing, trying to grab a bag of coins placed on one of the pillars.

Coins were also vulnerable to " sweating ," which is when silver coins would be placed in a bag that would be vigorously shaken.

Another reason for limiting the production of double sovereigns (£ 2 ) and quintuple sovereigns (£ 5 ) was the relative ease of removing gold from these larger coins — chemically, by filing, or using other techniques ; for example, the drilling of small holes into the coin followed by hammering to conceal the holes, or " sweating ": shaking a leather bag full of coins for a long period and collecting the gold dust that was knocked off.

A 14 year old boy swallowed a bag containing 9 gold coins in an attempt to prevent its theft by a highwayman.

From 1950 to 1955, proof sets were packaged in a box and each of the five coins was sealed in a cellophane bag.

do not presuppose anything about number in possible responses: I want some cake, or All of us want some ; and A rabbit is in the bag, or Five coins and a bus ticket.

The word follis means bag ( usually made of leather ) in latin, and there is evidence that this term was used in antiquity for a sealed bag containing a specific amount of coins.

A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus ( or Father Christmas ) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.

A handbag, also purse or pouch in American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet / coins, keys, cosmetics, a hairbrush, pepper spray, cigarettes, contraceptives, mobile phone etc.

The term " purse " originally referred to a small bag for holding coins.

In occasional cases of no particular numismatic interest, however, e. g., a bag of money whose contents have not yet been counted, an action may be filed to recover the actual coins and / or bills in question if they are still together.

The monastery was likely active from the end of the 5th century to the close of the 8th century, and included a mosaic-floored chapel above a burial cave, as well as an oil press and a cloth bag of 200 coins.

) Tryamour offers Sir Launfal her love and several material gifts: an invisible servant Gyfre, a horse called blaunchard and a bag that will always produce gold coins however many are taken from it, all on the condition that he keeps their relationship a secret from the rest of the world.

Uncirculated coins dated 2006 through 2008 were sold directly to the public by the United States Mint in packaging similar to that of the proof coins ; however, the 2006 coin's capsule was housed in a velvet drawstring bag.

He rescues Fool from the cellar after Daddy leaves him for the cannibals, giving him a small bag of gold coins and a written plea to save Alice before succumbing to his wound.

Coin debasement was effected by several methods, including clipping ( shaving metal from the coin's circumference ) and sweating ( shaking the coins in a bag and collecting the dust worn off ).

In the process of sweating, coins were placed in a bag and shaken.

The bits of metal worn off of the coins were recovered from the bottom of the bag.

She then tunes the violin and begins to play it like a true virtuoso, prompting a passing pedestrian to drop a large bag of gold coins into her cup.

Elated, Tippy hugs the bag and approaches the fountain, but not before she pulls two coins out of her bag and tempts Treble and Bass.