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EGYPT: Fuad I, as King, 1922-1936, AE medal, 1927, Casolari-V/98 var, 72mm, Medal for the Official Visit to Rome 1927, by Aurelio Mistruzzi; uniformed bust right of Fuad wearing fez, name and titles in Arabic around // VISITA VFFICIALE DE S. M. FVAD I RE D'EGITTO ALL' ITALIA II-IV AGOSTO MCMXXVII legend around Naked River Goddesses of the Nile (NILVS) and Tiber (TIBER) standing facing; beyond to either side, the Sphinx and the Colosseum, light rim bumps and contact marks in obverse field, EF. Aurelio Mistruzzi (1880-1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. He first attended the School of Art in Udine under the direction of the sculptor De Paoli. He then enrolled at the Academy of Venice and shortly after, he moved to Milan to attend the evening courses of the Brera Academy held by Mazzucchelli and Pellini, sculptors of the Impressionist era. In 1908, thanks to a scholarship, he entered the School of Medallic Art in Rome. In the early twentieth century he devoted himself diligently to medallion and coinage design including many Vatican coin types of Pius XI and Pius XII.

Estimate: 200-300 USD