Item number: M266

Year: AD 1928

Material: Gold

Size: 31.9 x 31.9 mm

Weight: 60.3 g (with case)

Manufactured by: Addis Abba Mint

Provenance: Morton & Eden 2024

This medal, minted by Ethiopia in the year AD 1928, is a gold Haile Selassie I Coronation Medal. It marks the occasion of Haile Selassie I’s elevation from regent to king of Ethiopia.

The obverse of the medal features a portrait of King Haile Selassie I during his coronation, with the year of issuance inscribed beside the portrait. The reverse side bears an inscription in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia. The medal was minted at the Addis Ababa Mint, located in the capital city of Ethiopia.

Haile Selassie I, originally named Tafari Makonnen, was the Emperor of Ethiopia from AD 1930 to AD 1974. Born into an aristocratic family, his father was a governor. Tafari supported Empress Taytu in a coup d’état of AD 1916 and served as heir apparent and regent. During his regency, he gained substantial popularity among the people, and Empress Taytu was compelled to crown Tafari as king in AD 1928. In AD 1930, following the death of Empress Taytu, Tafari formally ascended the throne as Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire, adopting the name Haile Selassie, meaning “Power of the Trinity.”

物件編號: M266

年代: 公元 1826 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 31.9 x 31.9 mm

重量: 60.3 g (含盒)

製造地: 阿迪斯阿貝巴鑄造廠

來源: 莫頓與伊登 2024

此枚獎章為衣索比亞於公元1928年鑄造發行的金質海爾·塞拉西一世加冕獎章，以紀念海爾·塞拉西一世從衣索比亞攝政王加冕為國王。

獎章的正面描繪國王海爾·塞拉西一世的加冕肖像，肖像旁為獎章發行的年份，背面刻有衣索比亞的官方語言安哈拉文的銘文。獎章鑄造於阿迪斯阿貝巴鑄造廠，位於衣索比亞首都。

海爾·塞拉西一世，原名塔法里·馬康南，是公元1930到公元1974年間的衣索比亞皇帝。塔法里出生於貴族家庭，父親是一名總督，塔法里在公元1916年的政變下擁護佐迪圖成為衣索比亞女皇，並擔任皇儲和攝政王。在擔任攝政王期間，他深受人民喜愛，在民間的聲望也隨之高漲，佐迪圖被迫在公元1928年加冕塔法里為國王(Negus)。公元1930年，佐迪圖女皇逝世，塔法里也正式登基為衣索比亞帝國的皇帝，並採用「海爾·塞拉西」的名字，意思是三位一體之力。