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<p>[QUOTE="Bluegill, post: 150157, member: 1748"]I don't know who made it, how, or why, but it strikes me as very Egyptian in motif. The "obverse" is obviously representative of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids at Giza, with the Nile in the foreground. The "reverse" looks like some kind of pharaoh figure in headdress, with hierglyphs surrounding it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe someone was just doing some coin carving, or maybe some kind of souvenir? Or some kind of Mardi Gras throw?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bluegill, post: 150157, member: 1748"]I don't know who made it, how, or why, but it strikes me as very Egyptian in motif. The "obverse" is obviously representative of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids at Giza, with the Nile in the foreground. The "reverse" looks like some kind of pharaoh figure in headdress, with hierglyphs surrounding it. Maybe someone was just doing some coin carving, or maybe some kind of souvenir? Or some kind of Mardi Gras throw?[/QUOTE]
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