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Ethiopia, Menelik II (1889-1913). Silver bowl / saucer with a 1 Birr coin, EE 1892 / 1900 AD, 40 mm, weight approx. 28 g. .835, bowl diameter 103 mm, total weight 70,1 g., maker`s mark M, Very Good Condition, decoratively repoussé, beautiful colorful patina
Menilek II (born August 17, 1844, Ankober, Shewa [Shoa], Ethiopia—died December 12, 1913, Addis Ababa) was the king of Shewa (or Shoa; 1865–89) and emperor of Ethiopia (1889–1913). One of Ethiopia’s greatest rulers, he expanded the empire almost to its present-day borders, repelled an Italian invasion in the Battle of Adwa in 1896, and carried out a wide-ranging program of modernization.
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