PATRIOTIC BRITANNIA Gold Flag 1 Oz Silver Coin 2£ United Kingdom 2014

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PATRIOTIC BRITANNIA Gold Flag 1 Oz Silver Coin 2£ United Kingdom 2014 PATRIOTIC BRITANNIA 1 Oz SILVER BRITANNIA COMMEMORATIVE COIN - MINTAGE 500 pcs! This beautiful new coin issue features the Britannia in gold with all filigree details. The coin is partly plated with pure gold and the United Kingdom's flag is fully colored. All this together with the luxury box and the noble certificate makes a perfect present and a worldwide searched collector’s piece. Mintage 500 pieces worldwide.The coin's reverse depicts a beautiful and gold gilded Britannia. The flag of the United Kingdom is in background. All around the inscription " Britannia 2014 1oz 999 Fine Silver " . On the coin's obverse the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the face value and the inscription " REG FID DEF " . BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Britannia Britannia is an ancient term for Roman Britain and also a female personification of the island. The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands with individual names, including Albion or Great Britain; however, by the 1st century BC Britannia came to be used for Great Britain specifically. In AD 43 the Roman Empire began its conquest of the island, establishing a province they called Britannia, which came to encompass the parts of the island read more