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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 540 € |
| Maximum bid : | 561 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 19:22:51 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Inauguration du canal de Suez
Date: 1869
Metal : copper
Diameter : 49,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver TROTIN Charles (1833-?)
Weight : 55,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron, avec un reste de brillant d’origine, présentant quelques traces de manipulation. Présence de quelques taches d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PERCEMENT DE L’ISTHME DE SUEZ - INAUGURATION DU CANAL 17 NOVE 1869 // FERDINAND / DE LESSEPS / PROMOTEUR // MER MEDITERRANEE // MER ROUGE.
Obverse description : Vue aérienne dans un cercle de la région du canal à partir de la mer Rouge, au fond la mer Méditerranée. Autour dix-neuf blasons armoriés et au-dessus une légende en trois lignes. Signé : C. TROTIN.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUS LE RÈGNE / D’ISMAIL PACHA / LE CANAL DE SUEZ / A ÉTÉ LIVRÉ / À LA / NAVIGATION..
Reverse description : Couronne formée de deux branches de papyrus, légende en six lignes. Au bas signature MASSONNET EDITEUR.
Commentary
Les dix-neuf blasons représentés sont ceux des pays ayant participé à la souscription du canal, on trouve notamment la France, la Turquie, la Grande-Bretagne, la Suisse, l’Autriche-Hongrie, etc...
Historical background
EGYPT - SUEZ CANAL
The first canal was started by Pharaoh Senousret III (1887-1849 BC) and completed by Seti I and Ramses II. Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), vice-consul of France in Alexandria, convinced the khedive Mohammed Saïd, of whom he was a friend, to build a canal linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The firmans of 1854 and 1856 prepared and specified the act of concession of November 25, 1854 which allowed Ferdinand de Lesseps to undertake the construction of the canal. The firman of 1856 provided for freedom of movement. The capital was subscribed by France for more than half and the viceroy of Egypt for a quarter. Work began in 1859 and lasted ten years. The canal was inaugurated on November 17, 1869. Its length was 52 km in 1869 and its width was 44 meters..
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