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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Trireme Romano
| Issuer | Central Bank of Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring, with a draped neckline. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and SOLOMON ISLANDS along the right field, with the date 2007 positioned at the base of the coin below the effigy. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse description | Detailed depiction of a Roman trireme under sail, shown in profile moving to the right across stylised water, with a rectangular mainsail set and rows of oars visible along the hull. A decorative stern post curves upward at the rear, and a coastline with classical architecture is faintly indicated in the background. The legend TRIREME ROMANO arcs along the upper field, and the denomination 25 DOLLARS appears in the lower field below the vessel. A decorative dashed border frames the entire reverse design. |
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The trireme depicted on this issue references one of antiquity's most studied yet poorly understood vessels — ancient sources describe their speed and maneuverability in detail, but the precise arrangement of the three rowing banks remained genuinely contested among scholars until the experimental reconstruction of the Olympias in the 1980s, a project funded by the Greek government that confirmed several long-debated theories about oar geometry and crew positioning.