Issuing authority

United States of the Ionian Islands

Kind: state
Region: Southern Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

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100%

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Dated span

1819 – 1834

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½ penny or obol from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ penny or obol from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

1819

Copper coin. Obverse: Britannia facing left, seated on a rock against which rests a shield, holding a trident in her left hand and a branch in her right. Reverse: winged lion holding the Gospel in its right paw, surrounded by a bundle of arrows. Year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

Documented

Partial type record

2 lepta or ½ obol from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

2 lepta or ½ obol from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

1819

Copper coin. Obverse: Britannia facing left, seated on a rock against which leans a shield, holding a trident in her left hand and a branch in her right. Reverse: winged lion holding the gospel in its right paw, surrounded by a bundle of arrows. Year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

Documented

Partial type record

Penny or 2 obols from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Penny or 2 obols from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1819

1819

Copper coin. Obverse: Britannia to the left, seated on a rock against which rests a shield, holding a trident in her left hand and a branch in her right. Reverse: winged lion holding the gospel in its right paw, surrounded by a bundle of arrows. Year at the bottom. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

Documented

Partial type record

Lepton from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1834

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Lepton from the Ionian Islands under British rule, 1834

1834

Copper coin. Obverse: Britannia to the right, seated on a rock against which leans a shield, holding a trident in her left hand. Reverse: winged lion holding the gospel in its right paw, surrounded by a bundle of arrows. Year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3571;…

Documented

Partial type record

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