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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gladiator's Helmet
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted with a diadem and wearing a pearl earring. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and SOLOMON ISLANDS to the upper right, with the denomination 100 DOLLARS to the right and the date 2022 at the base of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The gladiator's helmet — specifically the galea in its crested, visored form — was never standardized equipment issued by Rome. Individual fighters, particularly the heavily armored murmillo and thraex classes, sourced or were assigned helmets that varied considerably by ludus and period. What survives archaeologically is fragmentary; the famous Pompeii helmets, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD, remain among the only near-complete examples and directly inform most modern reconstructions, including shaped numismatic pieces like this one.