Whitman Expo
Diagonal red SPECIMEN and TDLR oval ovpts; horizontal red SPECIMEN NO # ovpt lower left; all-zero s/n 5 livres (pounds) Values
Details
Obverse: Arabic text; National Museum of Beirut building with columns; kneeling 5th century BC bull protome found in Sidon; Baal with raised arm standing on 400-330 BC Phoenician 1/8th shekel silver coin from the City of Byblos, King Adramelek; Phoenician inscriptions in margins
Reverse: Arabic and French text; Mamluk-era stone footbridge over Nahr al-Kalb (Dog River) in Beirut
Basic Information
GSID:
117783
Denomination:
5 livres (pounds)
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Diagonal red SPECIMEN and TDLR oval ovpts; horizontal red SPECIMEN NO # ovpt lower left; all-zero s/n
