Live auction - fme_691382 - TURKEY - SULTAN ABDULAZIZ Médaille, Ratification de la concession du canal de Suez à Napoléon III
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 20:10:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Ratification de la concession du canal de Suez à Napoléon III
Date: 1866
Metal : brass
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. De l’usure est visible sur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ARABE).
Obverse description : Tête de Napoléon III lauré, de profil à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS // 1866.
Reverse description : Couronne impériale.
Historical background
TURKEY - SULTAN ABDULAZIZ
(AH 1277-1293/ 1861-1876)
Abdoul Aziz (1830-1875) is the son of Mahmoud II (1808-1839) and the half-brother of Abdoul Meijid I (1839-1861) whom he succeeded in 1861. Under his reign, the Young Turks movement created in 1868. The University of Constantinople was inaugurated in 1869 and the first Vienna-Constantinople railway line was created in 1870. The monarch had to face several revolts in the Balkans, in Bulgaria and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Abdoul Aziz abdicated on May 30, 1876 and was assassinated on June 5..
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