Gold 1/2 Oz coin - Magic of Gold - The Gold of Mesopotamia

Coin contains One Half Ounce of Pure Fine Gold.
Low Mintage 20,0000
The Gold of Mesopotamia - King Nebuchadnezzar II
Half a troy ounce of pure gold, condition exactly as issued new.

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Details:
Obverse A portrait of the legendary ruler King Nebuchadnezzar II (circa 640-562 BC) wearing a horned crown
- 100 EURO 2019
Reverse
A bull’s head from a Detail found on the Golden Lyre of Ur, which was discovered in 1929 in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, located in present day Iraq
Date of Issue 16 October 2019
Quality Proof
Series Magic of gold
Face Value 100 Euro
Diameter 30.00 mm
Alloy Gold Au 986
Fine Weight 0.50 oz
Total Weight 15.78 g
Packaging Comes in a case complete with a numbered certificate of authenticity and protective slipcase

No other metal has as much symbolic meaning as gold. The six-piece 100 euro Magic of Gold series traces that meaning through different ancient cultures. The first of those cultures is Mesopotamia, ‘the land between two rivers’, the Tigris and the Euphrates, where some of the most important developments in early human history occurred.
The Gold of Mesopotamia coin features a portrait of the legendary ruler King Nebuchadnezzar II (circa 640- 562 BC) wearing a horned crown. According to the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament, Nebuchadnezzar erected a huge golden statue and made his subjects worship it on bended knee. As elsewhere, in Mesopotamia the ownership of gold was associated with high standing. It was reserved for the powerful and all gold had to be handed over to the ruling class and the religious authorities. Mesopotamian gold was mainly sourced from Egypt, where it was believed that the streets were paved with the precious metal. The other side of the coin (Reverse) shows a bull’s head from a Detail found on the Golden Lyre of Ur, which was discovered in 1929 in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, located in present day Iraq. Created roughly 4,500 years ago, the lyre is considered to be one of the world’s oldest surviving stringer instruments