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France / Tunisia, the visit of Sidi Mahmoud, envoy of Hussein II (1824-1835), Bey of Tunis, to the Monnaie de Paris, bronze medal, unsigned, 1825, Arabic inscriptions in four lines, rev. Arabic inscriptions in seven lines, 41mm. (Th. Fayolle 38), extremely rare, certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 66
The legends translate as: Sidi Mahmoud, envoy of the glorious Bey of Tunis, today honored the Hôtel de la Monnaie Royale with his visit / Minted in Paris by the care of Mr. Puymaurin, director of the Mint of French medals, June 21, 1825, from the Messiah who responds to the fifth day of Zelkadel year 1240 of the Hegira.
The medal was struck on 21 June, 1825, under the direction of Puymaurin [Jean-Pierre-Casimir de Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin, 1757-1841], director of the Monnaie de Paris. It commemorates the visit of Sidi Mahmoud to the Monnaie following his formal reception by the the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Baron de Damas [Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas de Cormaillon, 1785 –1862], on 6 May. On that occasion he was desribed as, '... 30 years of age, about thirty...very fat: his head is very fine, his complexion that of a very dark Frenchman'. And of the visit to the Monnaie, 'he appeared to examine this establishment with great interest. The director had several medals struck in his presence with an Arabic inscription furnished by M. Destaing, editor of the Gazette de France, and one of the orientalists trained by M. de Sacy'.
T. H. Fayolle, 'Description of a collection of medals relating to North Africa', Revue Africaine, 1931.
(600-800 GBP)
The legends translate as: Sidi Mahmoud, envoy of the glorious Bey of Tunis, today honored the Hôtel de la Monnaie Royale with his visit / Minted in Paris by the care of Mr. Puymaurin, director of the Mint of French medals, June 21, 1825, from the Messiah who responds to the fifth day of Zelkadel year 1240 of the Hegira.
The medal was struck on 21 June, 1825, under the direction of Puymaurin [Jean-Pierre-Casimir de Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin, 1757-1841], director of the Monnaie de Paris. It commemorates the visit of Sidi Mahmoud to the Monnaie following his formal reception by the the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Baron de Damas [Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas de Cormaillon, 1785 –1862], on 6 May. On that occasion he was desribed as, '... 30 years of age, about thirty...very fat: his head is very fine, his complexion that of a very dark Frenchman'. And of the visit to the Monnaie, 'he appeared to examine this establishment with great interest. The director had several medals struck in his presence with an Arabic inscription furnished by M. Destaing, editor of the Gazette de France, and one of the orientalists trained by M. de Sacy'.
T. H. Fayolle, 'Description of a collection of medals relating to North Africa', Revue Africaine, 1931.
(600-800 GBP)