1 Birr - Menelik II Pattern

Beschrijving voorzijde	Plain, unadorned field with no central device, surrounded by a continuous circular legend in Ge'ez script reading the full royal titulature of Menelik II. The inscription runs along the full circumference of the coin, set within a beaded border. The absence of a central effigy is characteristic of this pattern type, with the legend serving as the sole decorative and identifying element.
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Beschrijving keerzijde	The crowned Lion of Judah passant to the left, its raised right forepaw resting on a staff bearing a cross and a flowing banner. The lion stands on a ground line with the date inscribed below in Ethiopic numerals. A circular Ge'ez legend surrounds the central device, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. The composition follows the traditional Imperial Ethiopian iconographic convention of the conquering lion as symbol of the ruling dynasty.
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Opschrift keerzijde	ሞዓ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ዘእምነገደ ፡ ይሁዳ። (Translation: Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah)
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