“Checks with a local historian revealed the head engraving could be that of Queen Elizabeth, the consort of King Denis I of Portugal during his reign from 1271 to 1336.”
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I’m not an expert at these kinds of things, but isn’t the term “ancient” typically applied to events, people and objects from around the Greek Classical period or before?
Yes, the “ancient world” in Europe is generally considered to have ended with the fall of Rome.
But perhaps it’s different with Myanmar, or Burma. Here, ancient may refer to the period before it became a colony. Burma became a British colony after the fall of Mandalay to the British, in 1886. So the 14th century would have been way back in the Imperial period, 1044-1885.
Hey, even “old” has taken on a new meaning as I’ve aged.