Live auction - fme_1006380 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II Médaille, Construction de la ligne du chemin de fer de plaine, Djibouti–Addis Ababa
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Construction de la ligne du chemin de fer de plaine, Djibouti–Addis Ababa
Date: 1902/1903
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,51 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Petite usure sur certains hauts reliefs. Quelques rayures sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Ménélik II couronné à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ÉTHIOPIEN).
Reverse description : Locomotive à vapeur à gauche, millésime en éthiopien à l’exergue (1895). Corne d’abondance BRONZE à droite.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 32 mm.
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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