2024 Niue Phoenicia 2 oz Silver Ultra High Relief Proof Coin

The coin combines the ancient and the modern in an unprecedented way. The coin is inspired by the Phoenicians, a people of navigators and traders, devoted to exchange understood both yesterday and today as the circulation of ideas and people enriching each other, enabling the transmission of knowledge and know-how.

A woman with Middle Eastern features holds a phonetic alphabet table, the oldest known, with Phoenician-style decorations and cedar trees typical of this part of the world.