Egypt. Medal 1854- Hommage à S.A. Mohamed Saïd, Vice-Roi d’Égypte (No reserve price)

Copper medal — Homage of the European Colony to H.E. Mohamed Said, Viceroy of Egypt — 1854

Copper commemorative medal struck in 1854 by the prestigious Stern house, Paris, in homage to Mohamed Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt.

Avers: Egypt standing accompanied by allegorical figures representing Commerce and Industry — inscription “The European Colony to H.E. Mohamed Said, Viceroy of Egypt”

Revers: View of the Pyramids, the Sphinx and two obelisks with inscriptions in Arabic.

• Diameter: 76 mm — Weight: 192.97 g
• Bee hallmark (guarantee of authenticity)
• Reference: Divo 199 var.

Piece of great historical rarity, struck in the very year when Mohamed Said Pasha signed the concession of the Suez Canal to Ferdinand de Lesseps. A unique testimony of Franco-Egyptian ties in the 19th century.