The UK's Royal Mint makes history with a new coin featuring Britannia as a woman of color

CNN ^ | March 19, 2021 | Leah Dolan

[C19fan]

The Royal Mint, the British maker tasked with producing all of the UK's coinage, has released a new limited edition coin design depicting the national icon Britannia as a woman of color for the first time. Britannia was the Latin name given to the UK by the Romans after their invasion in 43 CE. The weapon-clad warrior woman became a personification of the British Isles and has fronted the country's currency since 1672.

[BykrBayb]

I’m sure all I’ll ever see of it is an image on the Internet.

[17th Miss Regt]

You are correct. Not enough coffee....

[17th Miss Regt]

See post19. Then coin says “1 kilo .999 gold”.

[blam]

I’ve already quit watching TV because all they show are ‘people of color’ and queers.

[PistolPaknMama]

Thank you!

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

I would have recommended a full bust.

Can I get an Amen? Brits?

5.56mm

[a fool in paradise]

If the mask had been pulled down, no one would “see” color

[alexander_busek]

43 AD. I wish people would stop trying to change our dating system to one which denies the existence of Christ. It’s stupid.

When the date is before Christ's birth, the "B.C." follows the number, e.g.: 166 B.C.

When the date is after Christ's birth, the "A.D." precedes the number, e.g., A.D. 43 = "In the year of Our Lord (anno domini), 43."

Regards,

[null and void]

When the date is after Christ's birth, the "A.D." precedes the number, e.g., A.D. 43 = "In the year of Our Lord (anno domini), 43."

In the first millennium, the year was often preceded by an I, since Jesus was spelled Iesus, following Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) since the letter J didn't gain currency until the 1500s.

Old building had cornerstones with the date in this format, e.g. a building erected in 347 A.D. would be marked I347.

Which caused an apparent missing millennium in construction, as it was read as 1347, and therefore it looked like nothing survived from before 1000 A.D.

[Organic Panic]

Boudica was a trans woman of color from Compton.

[Organic Panic]

What a stupid coin. Greek helmet. Long flowing hair. Ambiguous facial features at best.

[Verginius Rufus]

In A.D. 347, the Anno Domini system of dating had not yet been invented. So no one would have used it--and they would not have used Arabic numerals on a cornerstone. If they tried to date it they would have counted from the foundation of Rome (753 B.C.) or used the names of the consuls of the year.

[null and void]

Fair point, and after Rome officially became Christian in 380 A.D., and the Roman empire fell in 476 A.D. would a fervent Christian date his new house as I477 or AVC1231?