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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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