Athena was depicted on the obverse of the Greek 100 drachmas banknote of 1978-2001.

Justinian was one of the first Roman Emperors to be depicted wielding the cross on the obverse of a coin.

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.

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 ").

He was shown on the obverse crowned in battle dress, surrounded by thistles, and on the reverse in full battle armour in a scene from the Battle of Bannockburn.

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.

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.

Although the reverse side of the seal was designed for this purpose, a die was still not made but rather the obverse was impressed on one side only using the regular die.

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The design of pennies that date pre 1939 had the sovereign's head on the obverse ( front ) and the reverse was totally covered in writing making the result very easy and quick to see.

This coin struck during the regency of Theodora ( 9th century ) | Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even less than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin.

A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since the 1928 Games.

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 coin was issued during the reign of Napoleon I and features his portrait on the obverse.

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.

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.

Saturn driving a quadriga on the reverse of a denarius issued in 104 BC by the tribune | plebeian tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, with the head of the Roma ( mythology ) | goddess Roma on the obverse: Saturninus was a populares | popularist politician whose Saturnian imagery played on his name and evoked both his program of grain distribution and intent to subvert the social hierarchy

In 1936, for the centennial of the city of Bridgeport, CT, his portrait was used for the obverse of a commemorative half dollar.

Stephen Foster was featured on the obverse of the coin despite his tenuous links to the city.

The total print run was 286, 700 sheets with 68, 808, 000 stamps and a substantial number of these have survived, largely because envelopes were not normally used: letters in the form of letter sheets were folded and sealed, with the stamp and the address on the obverse.

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 design on the reverse remained the same, but the border design on the obverse underwent considerable modification, as the mostly abstract filigrees were replaced with designs that were mostly botanical in nature.

The coin's obverse remains largely unchanged, but the beading ( the ring of dots around the coin's circumference ), which no longer features on the coin's reverse, has also been removed from the obverse.

The coin's obverse remains largely unchanged, but the beading ( the ring of dots around the coin's circumference ), which no longer features on the coin's reverse, has also been removed from the obverse.

The coin's obverse remains largely unchanged, but the beading ( the ring of dots around the coin's circumference ), which no longer features on the coin's reverse, has also been removed from the obverse.

The obverse remains basically unchanged since 1929 and features the same portrait of Jefferson.

The obverse was largely unchanged.

The obverse of these coins remained largely unchanged during the years 1903 to 1945.

On the obverse side of the hilt, the pommel bears a large stylized letter T on top of a letter C or G ( the latter could be just a decorative element of the letter T ) between the Greek letters Α and ω ( alpha and omega ) surmounted with little crosses.

Though several stylistic details have survived since the earliest days -- the use of the stars, pointing hand, and Greek letters on the obverse, for example -- notable differences exist between older keys and current examples.

The £ 1 coin has the standard obverse designs used on all contemporary British coins, namely the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin in 1983 and 1984, by Raphael Maklouf between 1985 and 1997, and by Ian Rank-Broadley since 1998.

Most issues carry the standard obverse design as used on contemporary British coins, such as the effigy of HM The Queen by Raphael Maklouf between 1990 and 1997 and the later design by Ian Rank-Broadley since 1998, but special effigies have also been used on occasion.

The obverse side of the coin shows a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a veil, with the inscription ""&# 160 ; ( Victoria-By the grace of God ), while the reverse side shows four cruciform-crowned shields bearing the emblems of England ( x2 ), Scotland, and Ireland, with sceptres between the shields, in the style of Charles II's gold coins designed by John Roettiers ; the inscription on the reverse reads, "".

The obverse of coins minted between 1834 and 1837 show the right-facing portrait of King William IV with the inscription.

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.

Coins were produced at the Oxford mint between 1644 and 1646, using the Aberystwyth dies for the obverse, while the reverse of the 1644 coin shows the Declaration of Oxford in three lines: – The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England, the liberty of Parliament.

The obverse showed a fine right-facing bust of the king wearing a laurel wreath, surrounded by the legend, while the reverse showed four crowned cruciform shields bearing the arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which were four sceptres, and in the centre were four interlinked " C " s, surrounded by the inscription.

The obverse showed a fine right-facing bust of the king wearing a laurel wreath, surrounded by the legend, while the reverse showed four crowned cruciform shields bearing the arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which were four sceptres, and in the centre were four interlinked " C " s, surrounded by the inscription.

The obverse showed a fine right-facing bust of the king wearing a laurel wreath ( amended several times during the reign ), surrounded by the legend (" Charles II by the grace of God "), while the reverse showed four crowned cruciform shields bearing the arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which were four sceptres, and in the centre were four interlinked " C " s, surrounded by the inscription (" Of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King ").

The obverse has a left-facing bust of the king with the legend ( between 1739 and 1743 ), while the reverse features a single large crowned shield with the quarters containing the arms of England + Scotland, France, Hanover, and Ireland, and the legend (" King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector ").

The obverse showed a fine right-facing bust of the king wearing a Laurel wreath, surrounded by the legend, while the reverse showed four crowned cruciform shields bearing the arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which were four sceptres, and in the centre were four interlinked " C " s, surrounded by the inscription.

The obverse has a left-facing bust of the king with the legend ( between 1740 and 1745 ), while the reverse features a single large crowned shield with the quarters containing the arms of England + Scotland, France, Hanover, and Ireland, and the legend -- King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Cooktown Orchid was figured on Australian stamps in 1968 and 1998, and several Dendrobium cultivars are depicted on the obverse side of the Singapore Orchid Series currency notes issued between 1967 and 1976:

A die clash occurs when the obverse and reverse dies strike each other because a planchet is not between them.

She was represented on the obverse of common drachms produced by the city of Larissa between 400 BCE and at least 340 BCE, as a three-quarters face with outward flowing hair.

* 1914: The first $ 50 Federal Reserve Note was issued with a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the obverse and an allegorical figure of Panama between a merchant and battle ship on the reverse.

One coin combines a portrait of Beorhtwulf on the reverse side with a design used by Æthelwulf on the obverse ; this has been interpreted as indicating an alliance between the two kingdoms, but it is more likely to have been the work of a forger or an illiterate moneyer reusing the design of a coin of Æthelwulf's.

One can distinguish between obverse and reverse brockages.

Coins of denominations between 1 Pfennig and 1 Mark were issued in standard designs for the whole Empire, whilst those above 1 Mark were issued by the individual states, using a standard design for the reverses ( the Reichsadler, the eagle insignia of the German Empire ) with a design specific to the state on the obverse, generally a portrait of the monarch, with the free cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck each using its municipal coat of arms.

The obverse central medallion bears an upright gold sword between three gold crowns on a blue enamelled background ; the reverse central medallion has an upright gold sword intersecting a gold laurel wreath, and the Latin legend " Pro Patria " ( For Fatherland ) on a blue enamelled background.

Marshall Hole, who was then serving as Government Secretary for Matabeleland and Civil Commissioner of Bulawayo, authorised the issue of small cards bearing a British South Africa Company postage stamp on the obverse, and an official handstamped signature on the reverse, and these cards circulated as emergency currency between 1 August 1900 and their withdrawal on 1 October 1900.

On the obverse of the star is Sultan Abdul Mejid's royal cipher surrounded by an inscription on a gold-bordered circle of red enamel ; all on a star of seven triple quills with small crescents and five-pointed stars between them, suspended from a red enameled crescent and star suspender with green enameled edges.