allegorical scene of four figures, one on righthas tablet inscribed 16 JULLIET, one on left holds cadceus;products and spoils of Egypt at feet. Above an inscription LA COLONIE EUROPEENE A S A. MOHAMED SAID VICE ROI D'EGYPTE; below in smaller letters STERN-AUMOITTE. PARIS 1854.
Reverse
scene with two obelisks, pyramids, sphinx and crocodile, around which an inscription in Ottoman Turkish and date 1270 below.
bust in cloak with cap facing slightly to left, on either side MEHEMETALI/ PACHA
Reverse
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