it shows an ancient theme From Auction World/ Japan Egypt AV 1 Pound AH 1337/ 1957 MS-66 Ist anniversary of revolution/ got rid of a great coin collector....King Farouk! obv. shows Thutmoses III on his war chariot/ with bow.
Well done @panzerman !!! Thutmoses III... I have a Royal Scarab of him! Egypt SCARAB Thuthmosis III ca 1504-1450 BCE ex CNG ex Hendin
I never noted it, its kind of like one US obsolete banknote I have from 1855, Michigan, it depicts two trains going opposite directions on same track!
Modern Egyptian commemoratives are cool. I have one in silver. This one has an interesting back-story. Egypt 1406 (1986) ١٩٨٦ 5 Pounds, Silver (.720), 17.5g, 37.1mm Obverse: inscription, atomic symbol, two facing ancient Egyptian figures (representing Sema Towy) with the torso shown frontally but head and legs to the side. Reverse: جمهوريه مصر العربيه Arab Republic of Egypt. KM# 615 This coin was struck in 1986 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Organization. The organization had announced plans to build a reactor. This coin shows an atomic symbol and an ancient scene, the Sema Towy, symbolizing the union of upper and lower Egypt depicted by knotted papyrus and reed plants. The binding motif "represents both harmony through linkage and domination through containment." The perfect ancient symbol for the containment of atomic power in a reactor! Unfortunately in 1986 the Russian reactor at Chernobyl melted down. There was little interest in building an Egyptian reactor.
Yes, I saw an episode on that on, "Ancient Aliens" Zacharia Stichin also proposes that the ancient cities of Sodom/ Gomorrah were nuked, due to melted glass globules in vicinity. Due to was between the Gods.
Wonder if any of you has one of these cartouches from a holiday in Egypt ? guess what mine says on the obverse
