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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.
The obverse side shows a portrait with the names Robert Schuman, Paul-Henri Spaak and Konrad Adenauer.
Three frescoes in the Sala Regia Palace of the Vatican depicting the events were painted by Giorgio Vasari, and a commemorative medal was issued with Gregory's portrait and on the obverse a chastising angel, sword in hand and the legend (" Massacre of the Huguenots ").
The obverse, like all other current Canadian coins, has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
The obverse depicts a combination of Tove Jansson portrait with several objects: the skyline, an artist's palette, a crescent and a sailing boat.
The current bill was introduced in 1976 and retains Jefferson's portrait on the obverse but replaced Monticello on the reverse with an engraved modified reproduction of John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence instead.
Nobel's portrait also appears on the obverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Medal for the Prize in Economics, but with a slightly different design.
His portrait is on the obverse of the U. S. ten-dollar bill while the Treasury Department building is shown on the reverse.
The obverse of the 175th Anniversary of the Belgian Dynasty Coin shows his portrait facing left.
The obverse shows his portrait facing right.
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.
The coin was issued during the reign of Napoleon I and features his portrait on the obverse.
His portrait was on the obverse, with the legend " Maximiliano Emperador ;" the reverse shows the imperial arms and the legends " Imperio Mexicano " and " 1 Peso " and the date.
Papanikolaou's portrait appeared on the obverse of the Greek 10, 000-drachma banknote of 1995-2001, prior to its replacement by the Euro.
In 1936, for the centennial of the city of Bridgeport, CT, his portrait was used for the obverse of a commemorative half dollar.
Diodotus effectively declared his independence from Seleucid control by placing his own portrait on the obverse of the coin, and replacing Antiochos's preferred deity Apollo with the Zeus shown on this coin.
The obverse side shows a portrait with the names Robert Schuman, Paul-Henri Spaak and Konrad Adenauer.
Tigranes ' coin consist of tetradrachms and copper coins having on the obverse his portrait wearing a decorated Armenian tiara with ear-flaps.
The obverse of the coin features an interestingly stylized portrait of Runeberg's face.
The obverse of the coin bears the left-facing portrait of King George IV, with the inscription while the reverse shows a seated Britannia with shield, facing right and holding a trident, with the inscription.
The obverse of this coin bears the right-facing portrait of William IV with the inscription, and the same reverse as before.
The design changed considerably from what went before — the obverse bears the left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria, with the inscription, while the reverse bears a crown above the words with ( 1839 ) a rose with three leaves at the bottom of the coin, or ( 1842 and later ) a rose, thistle, and shamrock.
The obverse of the 1827 coin bears the left-facing portrait of King George IV, with the inscription while the reverse shows a seated Britannia with shield, facing right and holding a trident, with the inscription.
The obverse of this coin bears the right-facing portrait of William IV with the inscription, and the same reverse as before.
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.

obverse and king
They deposed the country's leader, Mannus, and replaced him with their own nominee, who would remain in office until 165 .< ref > Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 130, 279 n. 38 ; " Hadrian to the Antonines ", 163, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani < sup > 2 </ sup > M 169 .</ ref > ( The Edessene coinage record actually begins at this point, with issues showing Vologases IV on the obverse and " Wael the king " ( Syriac: W ' L MLK ') on the reverse ).
Edessa was re-occupied, Mannus re-installed .< ref > Birley, " Hadrian to the Antonines ", 163, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani < sup > 2 </ sup > M 169 .</ ref > His coinage resumed, too: ' Ma ' nu the king ' ( Syriac: M ' NW MLK ') or Antonine dynasts on the obverse, and ' King Mannos, friend of Romans ' ( Greek: Basileus Mannos Philorōmaios ) on the reverse.
The gold penny was the issue introduced, with a value of twenty pence, with the obverse showing the king enthroned, with the legend ( King Henry III ), while the reverse contained a long cross extending to the edge, with a flower in each quarter, and the moneyer's name in the legend, thus ( William of London ).
Most pennies of Kings William I and II show a front-facing bust of the king on the obverse ( which was a departure from the Anglo-Saxon kings, who mostly used a sideways-facing bust ), surrounded by a legend, usually ( King William, or William King of the English — The P may have been a late usage of the letter wynn, a P-shaped rune which had the sound value of a " w ").
The first coinage, of 1603 – 4, shows a bust of the king facing right with the inscription on the obverse, and a shield including the Scottish coat of arms on the reverse.
The obverse showed a left-facing bust of the new king with no value indication behind his head, and the inscription — Charles II by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland.
The first obverse, showing a right-facing bust of the king, with the inscription, was used in 1763, 1766, 1770, 1772, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, and 1786 ; the second obverse, showing an older bust of the king and the same inscription, was used in 1792, 1795, and 1800, while the third, laureated bust of the king with the inscription was used in 1817, 1818 and 1820.
These were more conventionally-designed coins, with a right facing bust of the king and ordinary inscription, and the obverse showing the seated Britannia facing left, with olive branch and trident and the inscription.
The obverse of George IV's penny shows a rather fine left-facing laureated head engraved by William Wyon after the king expressed a dislike for the one engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci which was used on the farthing, inscribed, while the reverse shows a right-facing seated Britannia with a shield and trident, inscribed.
The obverse shows a left-facing portrait of the king ( who considered this to be his best side, and consequently broke the tradition of alternating the direction in which the monarch faces on coins — some viewed this as indicating bad luck for the reign ); the inscription on the obverse is.
The obverse shows the right-facing head of the king, inscribed, while the reverse features a unique design showing Britannia standing holding a shield with her left hand and a trident with her right, and inscribed.
A pattern florin exists for King Edward VIII, which would have been due to receive approval around the time that the king abdicated in Dec. 1936 – the obverse shows the left-facing effigy of the king inscribed, while the reverse shows a crowned rose flanked by a thistle and shamrock, with E below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription.
The obverse shows the left-facing effigy of the king inscribed, while the reverse shows a crowned rose flanked by a thistle and shamrock, with G below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription until 1948, and without the from 1949, in acknowledgement of India's independence.
The obverse shows a left-facing portrait of the king by Sir Bertram Mackennal, with the inscription, and the usual right-facing Britannia on the reverse.
The king insisted that his left profile be used on the coinage instead of the right which would have been used if he had followed the alternating tradition going back to Charles II ; the obverse has the inscription, but in a complete break from tradition Britannia was dropped from the reverse for the first time since 1672, and replaced by one of Britain's smallest birds, the wren.
The obverse shows a front-facing bust of the king, with a rose to the left and the value numeral III to the right, surrounded by the legend.
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.
In style they are very reminiscent of his father's issues, the obverse featuring the bust of the king, with the numeral III and the legend, with the reverse showing the royal arms on a shield over a cross, and the legend.

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