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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.
From then on all Byzantine coins had a religious image or symbol on the reverse, usually an image of Christ for larger denominations, with the head of the Emperor on the obverse, reinforcing the bond of the state and the divine order.
One notable change came in 695, when Justinian II's government added a full-face image of Christ on the obverse of imperial gold coins.
The obverse depicted the nymph of the local spring, Larissa, for whom the town was named ; probably the choice was inspired by the famous coins of Kimon depicting the Syracusan nymph Arethusa.
The obverse, like all other current Canadian coins, has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
The date ( expressed as the year in the reign of the emperor at the time the coin was stamped ) is on the reverse of all coins, and, in most cases, country name ( through 1945, 大日本 or Dai Nippon, " Great Japan "; after 1945, 日本国, Nihon koku, " State of Japan ") and the value in kanji is on the obverse, except for the present 5-yen coin where the country name is on the reverse.
A series of coins minted c. 1200 in the name of Queen Tamar depicted a local variant of the Byzantine obverse and an Arabic inscription on the reverse proclaiming Tamar as the " Champion of the Messiah ".
All the circulating coins have an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and various national and regional designs, and the denomination, on the reverse.
Golden coins known as the unicorn and half-unicorn, both with a unicorn on the obverse, were used in Scotland in the 15th and 16th century.
These coins all depicted president Kenneth Kaunda on the obverse and flora and fauna on the reverse.
Gentian on the obverse side of Austrian € 0. 01 euro coins.
Players gamble on whether the coins will fall with both ( obverse ) heads up, both ( reverse ) tails up, or with one coin a head, and one a tail ( known as ' Odds ').
Libertas is depicted on coins from several countries, such as the centime coins of the Swiss franc depicted here. As " Miss Liberty " Libertas was depicted on the obverse ( heads side ) of most coinage in the USA into the twentieth century.
Pietas was often depicted as goddess on the reverse of Roman Imperial coins, with women of the imperial family on the obverse, as an appropriate virtue to be attributed to them.
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.
While the obverse of these coins bears the traditional Coat of arms of Mexico, their reverses show the individual coats of arms of the component states.
Right after the Military Government in Chile ( 1973 – 1990 ), the obverse designs of the 5 and 10 peso coins were changed.
Tigranes ' coin consist of tetradrachms and copper coins having on the obverse his portrait wearing a decorated Armenian tiara with ear-flaps.
* 1736 ( Genbun 1 ): The shogunate published an edict declaring that henceforth, the sole, authorized coinage in the empire would be those copper coins which were marked n the obverse with the character 文, pronounced bun in Japanese, the same character the era name Genbun.
The obverse design of the coins features the reigning monarch.
The Maundy pieces continue to use the original obverse design for Queen Elizabeth II by Mary Gillick, although the bust of the Queen on other British coins has been repeatedly replaced as she ages.
A 1982 Maundy fourpence ; like all Elizabeth II Maundy pieces, it bears an obverse design by Mary Gillick long abandoned for circulating coins
The fault occurred as a result of the 2008 redesign of UK coinage, which moved the date on a 20 pence from the reverse to the obverse ( Queen's head side ), and a batch of coins were produced using the tooling for the obverse of the old design and the reverse of the new design.

obverse and minted
The first series of solidi were minted probably in Ravenna, and bear at the obverse the joint portrait of Majorian and Leo I, thus celebrating the mutual recognition of the two Roman emperors.
A coin minted at York in the early 940s, the obverse ( right ) face shows a triquetra and the legend ANLAF CVNVNCC ( King Anlaf, the Old English language | Old English form of Amlaíb / Óláfr ), the reverse ( left ) face shows a banner, perhaps the Raven banner and the name of the moneyer, Ascolf.
Comparatively few coins were needed for Malta in the reign of Queen Victoria, so copper third farthings were only minted in 1844, to the same physical standards as before — the obverse shows a left-facing portrait of Victoria inscribed and the reverse shows the seated Britannia with the inscription.
The inscription on the short-cross penny was still, while the long-cross pennies were variously inscribed ( King Henry the Third ), while one issue unpopularly omitted the moneyer's name, instead having on the obverse and on the reverse, while another issue had on the obverse and continued on the reverse with indicating it was minted in London or Canterbury or Bury St Edmunds.
Pre-treaty pennies were minted in London, Durham and York, with the obverse legend.
The obverse of the Cartwheel coinage is a rather fine laureated right-facing bust of George III, with the inscription, while the reverse showed the seated Britannia, facing left, holding an olive branch and trident with the inscription — although it appears that coins were minted for several years, but all with the 1797 date.
The obverse features a galley and the name Antony, while the reverse features the name of the particular legion that each issue was intended for ( it is interesting to note that hoard evidence shows that these coins remained in circulation over 200 years after they were minted, due to their lower silver content ).
The initial design ( 1837 ) had no stars on the obverse and, further, the dates were minted in a Large Date and Small Date variety.
However the Confederate States of America actually minted four half dollars with a CSA ( rather than USA ) reverse and the obverse die they used had a small die crack.
In the many republics of Ancient Greece, such as Athens or Corinth, one side of their coins would have a symbol of the state, usually their patron goddess or her symbol, which remained constant through all of the coins minted by that state, which is regarded as the obverse of those coins.
A daf is depicted on the reverse of the Azerbaijani 1 qəpik coin minted since 2006 and on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1 manat banknote issued since 2006 .< ref > National Bank of Azerbaijan.
A kamancheh is depicted on the reverse of the Azerbaijani 1 qəpik coin minted since 2006 and on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1 manat banknote issued since 2006.
Peale designed the reverse of the Gobrecht dollar minted from 1836-39 and recycled for obverse of the Flying Eagle cent of 1856-58.
On the khoums coin ( minted in Krenmica Mint, Slovakia ), the obverse is in Arabic with the date of the Islamic Calendar and the reverse in French in the Gregorian Calendar with national arms on each side, identical to all other Mauritanian coins.
All were again minted in aluminium-bronze but were scallop shaped and featured the lion and Liberty cap on the obverse.
The Maiden Tower is depicted on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1 to 250 manat banknotes of 1992 – 2006, and of the 10 manat banknote issued since 2006, as well as on the reverse of the Azerbaijani 5 qəpik coin minted since 2006.
A tar is depicted on the reverse of the Azerbaijani 1 qəpik coin minted since 2006 and on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1 manat banknote issued since 2006.
* Mule ( coin ), a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece
In numismatics, a mule is a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece.
He is known from the coins he minted, which are characterized by a number of experiments in imagery on the obverse, and being issued in fractions of weight that none of his successors copied.

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