fwo_596365 - CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I 2 Pe 1880
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 40.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : 2 Pe
Date: 1880
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 1,08 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Garuda debout à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : inscriptions.
Commentary
Dans la tradition bouddhiste Garuda est l’aigle monture de la déesse Vishnu. On retrouve cet oiseau mythique dans différentes cultures d’Asie centrale et du sud est.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda.
Historical background
CAMBODIA - KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA - NORODOM I
(1860-1904)
Norodom I asked for help from France against Annam, Siam and Cochinchina. A French protectorate was established on August 11, 1863 (Treaty of Paris). Norodom died in 1904. His death gave rise to a monetary issue in 1905.
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