Lot 847
Egypt, Mehemet Ali (Mohammad Ali) Pasha, founder of modern Egypt, 1840, Copper Medal by A. J. Stothard
Ancient, Medieval & Milled British, World & Islamic Coins | 113
Auction: 18 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
£216
Description
Egypt, Mehemet Ali (Mohammad Ali) Pasha (1769‑1849), founder of modern Egypt, 1840, Copper Medal (58mm/75gm) by A. J. Stothard. Bust three-quarters left, with flowing beard and wearing fez. Rev, FROM THE COMMITTEE THE FRIEND OF SCIENCE COMMERCE & ORDER WHO PROTECTED THE SUBJECTS AND PROPERTY OF ADVERSE POWERS AND KEPT OPEN THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA 1840, in ten lines, crossed palm leaves below. A few edge knocks, otherwise Good Very Fine and nicely patinated, scarce.
Mohammad Ali, the Ottoman Sultan’s Viceroy, was appointed as Egypt’s Governor on May 17, 1805 and ruled Egypt till September 1848. The obverse bust is based on the famous portrait by Sir David Wilkie, painted in Alexandria in 1840. Wilkie had been travelling in the Middle East and died in 1841 at Gibraltar, never completing the journey home.
