The portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and for a few 2015 coins. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.
The design, by Christopher Ironside, shows Briannia seated. Britannia had appeared on at least one British coin denomination since the 1670s, and in fact long before that there were Roman coins showing the word ‘BRITANNIA’ and the helmeted female representation of Britannia to celebrate the Roman capture of Britain.
2008 Britannia
£2.45Price
3,500,000