I was invited to my 6th grade son's
history class to teach them about
ancient coins. I gave them each an ancient
Roman coin with the emperor identified on each one.
As an object lesson I
had the kids design a coin that their school could use as currency, and we talked through the familiar elements of
Roman coins. An artist from among them drew it up. (We didn't get as far as the
inscription.)
They wanted the front to show their principal dressed up with sword and armor. Fitting because the school mascot is a
knight.
The back shows a fire-breathing dragon standing on a pile of books (because knowledge!).
The coin
type is SWORDARIAN.
It was a lot of fun and they were very excited to have a piece of ancient
history of their very own. And a great way to get rid of lots of unneeded coins.