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5 Dollars - Charles III Boudica
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic high-relief battle scene depicts Boudica, the Iceni warrior queen, as the dominant central figure in three-quarter view, brandishing a gilded spear that rises diagonally across the field. She carries a large oval wooden shield adorned with Celtic triskelion motifs, rendered with applied color to simulate a wooden surface. Boudica is dressed in Celtic warrior attire with knotwork detailing, her long hair flowing freely, her expression fierce and resolute. Mounted warriors, Celtic foot soldiers, and Roman-armored opponents fill the surrounding field in intricate low relief, evoking the chaos of battle. The legend BOUDICA arcs along the upper left and WOMAN WARRIOR along the upper right of the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | BOUDICA WOMAN WARRIOR W |
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Boudica's revolt of 60–61 AD destroyed three Roman settlements — Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium — before her forces were defeated by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus in a battle whose location remains unconfirmed to this day. Niue has become one of the more prolific licensing jurisdictions for commemorative silver, with its legal tender framework used by dozens of European minting houses seeking a Pacific issuer.
KM#5224 was struck by a private mint under Niue's authority, a common arrangement that places the actual production well outside the issuing territory.