Ethiopia 5 Dollars Silver Coin 1972 Empress Zewditu
Obverse: Veiled bust of Empress Zewvitu right (1916-1930), left, dates at right.
Lettering: ZEWDITU EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA 1916-1930.
Reverse: The emblem of Ethiopia, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah (symbolizing the House of King Solomon), right foreleg raised holding ribboned cross. At sides value in ethiopian and english.
Lettering: 5 E$ 1972 EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA.
Edge: Reeded.
Composition: Silver.
Fineness: 0.925.
Weight: 20 g.
ASW: 0.5948 oz.
Ethiopian Coins
Commemorative issue 1972: Ethiopian Royal Family - Emperors and Empresses of Ethiopia.
5 Dollars, Emperor Yohannes IV 5 Dollars, Emperor Menelik II 5 Dollars, Empress Zewditu
Empress Zewditu
Zewditu (also spelled Zawditu or Zauditu; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 27 September 1916 to 2 April 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized state in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first Empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire perhaps since the legendary Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, her reign was noted for the reforms of her Regent and designated heir Ras Tafari Makonnen (who succeeded her as Emperor Haile Selassie I), about which she was at best ambivalent and often stridently opposed, due to her staunch conservatism and strong religious devotion.