Catalog
2 Tala The Teacher
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a high-relief depiction of Christ Pantocrator rendered in the style of a Byzantine icon. The frontal bust of Christ dominates the field, his right hand raised in a gesture of benediction and his left hand holding an open codex inscribed with the Alpha and Omega symbols. A cruciform nimbus surrounds the head, with the Greek abbreviations 'IC XC' (Jesus Christ) flanking the figure and 'O ON' within the nimbus arms. The surrounding border is inscribed with a repeating Greek liturgical legend 'ΑΓΙΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΣ' (Holy, Holy, Holy), rendered in Byzantine uncial script. |
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Issued under Samoa's ongoing "Art of the World" program, which has used the country's minting agreements to produce collector-focused silver rounds since the early 2010s. Samoa holds no domestic mint; production is contracted to foreign facilities, most commonly the Bavarian State Mint in Munich or the Perth Mint, depending on the series.