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EGYPT: AE medal (72.00g), 1819, nearly XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
EGYPT: AE medal (72.00g), 1819, nearly XF
SOLD
220.00USD+ buyer's premium (44.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jun 14 @ 15:29UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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EGYPT: AE medal (72.00g), 1819, Wurzbach 620, Forrer III:554, 54mm; in honor of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, who donated two statues of the ancient Egyptian deity Sekhmet to the Italian city of Padua or Parma: The two statues of Sekhmet seated on throne, legend OB DONVM PATRIA GRATA A MDCCC.XIX, signed by the engraver Manfredini below // Latin legend IO. BAPT. BELZONI / PATAVINO / QVI CEPHRENIS PYRAMIDEM / APIDISQ THEB SEPVLORVM / PRIMVS APERVIT / ET VRBEM BERENICES / NVBIAE ET LIBYAE MON / IMPAVIDE DETEXIT; some very light porosity on the reverse; excellent example, nearly XF, RR.