Live auction - fwo_576945 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Birr EE1887 1895 Paris
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 175 € |
| Maximum bid : | 223 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 19:14:32 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 1 Birr EE1887
Date: 1895
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 401000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 28,16 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été légèrement nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Ménélik II à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion couronné marchant à gauche.
Historical background
ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II
(1889-1913)
Menelik II (1844-1913) became Negus on the death of John IV. He founded Addis Ababa in 1888. In 1896 he defeated the Italians in Adoua who wanted to impose a protectorate on him..
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