Live auction - fme_905374 - EGYPT - OTTOMAN SULTANS OF EGYPT - ABDUL AZIZ Médaille, Inauguration du canal de Suez
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 65 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 18:43:22 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Inauguration du canal de Suez
Date: 1869
Metal : tin
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,96 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ARABE) // VIVE ISMAËL PACHA LE VICE-ROI D'ÉGYPTE 1869.
Obverse description : Buste d'Ismaël Pacha de trois-quarts face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ARABE) // SOUVENIR DE L'INAUGURATION / DU / CANAL DE SUEZ / EN L'AN 1869.
Reverse description : Vue sur le canal de Suez.
Historical background
EGYPT - OTTOMAN SULTANS OF EGYPT - ABDUL AZIZ
(AH 1277-1293 = 1861-1876)
Ismail Pasha, khedive
Ismaïl Pasha (1830-1895), grandson of Mehemet Ali and second son of Ibrahim Pasha, was the first khedive of Egypt from 1867. Under his reign, the Suez Canal was completed on November 17, 1869. The Egypt's debt stands at £38 million against the budget's £8 million. In 1875, he sold more than 175,000 shares of the canal to England and was overthrown on June 25, 1879. Auguste Mariette (1821-1881) was the close friend of the pashas who succeeded each other from 1848 to 1879, which enabled him to found the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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