bust in cloak with cap facing slightly to left, on either side MEHEMETALI/ PACHA
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in curve at top FROM THE COMITEE, below which a nine-line inscriptionTHE FRIEND/ OF SCIENCE AND COMMERCE/ & ORDER WHO PROTECTED/ THESUBJECTS AND PROPERTY/ OF ADVERSE POWERS/ AND KEPT OPEN/ THE OVERLANDROUTE/ TO INDIA/ 1840; crossed quill pens below
bust in uniform and fez, facing left; to left (arabic writing)to right ABBAS HILMI. II; in small lettes behind head S.E/ VERNIER/ 1896
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crowned arms of Egypt at top, palm leaves on both sides; in center,eleven lines of arabic and fifteen lines of French commemorating the start ofbuilding the Egyptian Museum on 1 April 1897
bust in uniform and fez, facing left; to left (arabic writing)to right ABBAS HILMI. II; in small lettes behind head S.E/ VERNIER/ 1896
الظهر
crowned arms of Egypt at top, palm leaves on both sides; in center,eleven lines of arabic and fifteen lines of French commemorating the start ofbuilding the Egyptian Museum on 1 April 1897