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1/4 Werk - Menelik II
| Issuer | Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Value | 1/4 Werk (የወርቅ፡ሩብ) (2) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned bust of Emperor Menelik II, wearing an ornate imperial crown and beaded collar, his full beard rendered in fine detail. The effigy is framed at the base by a wreath of laurel branches. A circular Ge'ez legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded border, giving the emperor's full imperial title and the Ethiopian Era date 1889 (= 1897 AD) in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse description | The Lion of Judah passant left in the centre of the field, wearing an imperial crown atop its head and raising its right forepaw to hold an upright cross-staff entwined with a ribbon or sash. The image is a powerful dynastic emblem of the Ethiopian Empire. A circular Ge'ez legend runs around the periphery within a beaded border, and the denomination legend appears in the lower exergue below a horizontal line. |
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| Mintage | 1889 (1897) |
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